langage

French

Alternative forms

• language (archaic or misspelling)

Etymology

Old French (and Middle French) language, from Vulgar Latin *linguaticum (corresponding to langue + -age), from Latin lingua (“tongue, speech, language”), from Old Latin *dingua, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s (“tongue, speech, language”).

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /lɑ̃.ɡaʒ/, X-SAMPA: /lA~.gaZ/

Noun

langage m (plural langages)

1. language

   Surveille ton langage!

   Watch your language!

Related terms

• see langue

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Old French

Alternative forms

• languaige
• language
• linguaige
• linguage

Noun

langage m (oblique plural langages, nominative singular langages, nominative plural langage)

1. language
   • circa 1155, Wace, Le Roman de Brut:

     Si savoit parler mains langages

     He knew how to speak many languages