linguistic
See also: lingüistic and lingüístic
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from German linguistisch, equivalent to linguist + -ic.[1] Compare linguistics. Ultimately from Latin lingua (“tongue”). Attested in English since 1825.[2]
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
linguistic (not comparable)
- Of or relating to language.
- Antonym: unlinguistic
- 1848, George Long, “Vater, Johan Severin”, in The Penny Cyclopædia[1], volume 26, page 152:
- Along with the Hebrew language, the grammatical knowledge of which was greatly advanced by him, he now devoted himself to the study of a variety of languages […] In the year 1800 he was invited to go to Halle as an ordinary professor of theology and Oriental literature. Without giving up his linguistic studies, he now devoted considerable time to the critical examination of the early books of the Old Testament,
- 2013 June 14, Sam Leith, “Where the profound meets the profane”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 1, page 37:
- Swearing doesn't just mean what we now understand by "dirty words". It is entwined, in social and linguistic history, with the other sort of swearing: vows and oaths.
- Of or relating to linguistics.
- Antonym: unlinguistic
- 1988, Andrew Radford, Transformational grammar: a first course, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 50:
- We have argued that the ability to make judgments about well-formedness and structure holds at all four major linguistic levels — Phonology, Morphology, Syntax, and Semantics.
- (computing) Relating to a computer language.
- Antonym: unlinguistic
Synonyms edit
- linguistical (less common)
Derived terms edit
- anthropolinguistic
- biolinguistic
- counterlinguistic
- crosslinguistic
- cross-linguistic
- cunnilinguistic
- cyberlinguistic
- demolinguistic
- ecolinguistic
- epilinguistic
- ethnolinguistic
- Eurolinguistic
- extralinguistic
- geolinguistic
- interlinguistic
- intralinguistic
- linguistical
- linguisticality
- linguistically
- linguistic anthropology
- linguistic atlas
- linguistic distance
- linguistic diversity index
- linguistic ecology
- linguistician
- linguistic imbalance
- linguistic landscape
- linguistics
- linguistic terrain
- linguistic turn
- linguistic unit
- logico-linguistic
- logicolinguistic
- macrolinguistic
- metalinguistic
- microlinguistic
- monolinguistic
- multilinguistic
- neurolinguistic
- neuro-linguistic programming
- nonlinguistic
- paedolinguistic
- panlinguistic
- paralinguistic
- patholinguistic
- prelinguistic
- protolinguistic
- pseudolinguistic
- psycholinguistic
- quasilinguistic
- sociolinguistic
- sublinguistic
- supralinguistic
- theolinguistic
- translinguistic
- unlinguistic
- xenolinguistic
Related terms edit
Translations edit
of or relating to language
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of or relating to linguistics
of or relating to computer languages
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References edit
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “linguistic”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
- ^ “linguistic”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Anagrams edit
Ladin edit
Adjective edit
linguistic m pl
Romanian edit
Adjective edit
linguistic m or n (feminine singular linguistică, masculine plural linguistici, feminine and neuter plural linguistice)
- Alternative form of lingvistic
Declension edit
Declension of linguistic
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
| nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | linguistic | linguistică | linguistici | linguistice | ||
| definite | linguisticul | linguistica | linguisticii | linguisticele | |||
| genitive/ dative |
indefinite | linguistic | linguistice | linguistici | linguistice | ||
| definite | linguisticului | linguisticei | linguisticilor | linguisticelor | |||