lenguaje

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish lenguage, borrowed from Old French language or Old Occitan lenguatge, both from Vulgar Latin *linguāticum, derived from Latin lingua. By surface analysis, lengua +‎ -aje. Cognate with English language.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lenˈɡwaxe/ [lẽŋˈɡwa.xe]
• Rhymes: -axe
• Syllabification: len‧gua‧je

Noun

lenguaje m (plural lenguajes)

1. language (the ability to communicate using words)
2. language (a body of words, and set of methods of combining them, understood by a community)

   Synonyms: idioma, lengua

3. language (the expression of thought (the communication of meaning) in a specified way)

   lenguaje sencillo ― simple language

   lenguaje corporal ― body language

4. vocabulary

   Synonyms: jerga, vocabulario

Derived terms

• doble lenguaje
• lenguaje culto
• lenguaje de máquina
• lenguaje de programación
• lenguaje ensamblador

 

Related terms

• lengua

 

Further reading

• “lenguaje”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014