lingual

English

Etymology

Borrowing from Medieval Latin linguālis, from lingua (“the tongue; a language, speech”) +‎ -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix); equivalent to lingua +‎ -al. Doublet of lingualis.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈlɪŋ.ɡwəl/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈlɪŋ.ɡwəl/, /ˈlɪŋ.ɡju.əl/
• Rhymes: -ɪŋɡwəl, -ɪŋɡjuəl

Adjective

lingual (not comparable)

1. (anatomy, dentistry, relational) Related to, near, or on the side toward the tongue.
   1. (phonetics) Articulated with the tongue.
2. (linguistics, relational) Related to language or linguistics.

   Synonym: linguistic

Synonyms

• tonguely

Coordinate terms

• (dentistry location adjectives) anterior,‎ apical,‎ apicocoronal,‎ axial,‎ buccal,‎ buccoapical,‎ buccocervical,‎ buccogingival,‎ buccolabial,‎ buccolingual,‎ bucco-occlusal,‎ buccopalatal,‎ cervical,‎ coronal,‎ coronoapical,‎ distal,‎ distoapical,‎ distobuccal,‎ distocervical,‎ distocoronal,‎ distofacial,‎ distogingival,‎ distoincisal,‎ distolingual,‎ disto-occlusal,‎ distoclusal,‎ distocclusal,‎ distopalatal,‎ facial,‎ gingival,‎ incisal,‎ incisocervical,‎ inferior,‎ labial,‎ lingual,‎ linguobuccal,‎ linguo-occlusal,‎ mandibular,‎ maxillary,‎ mesial,‎ mesioapical,‎ mesiobuccal,‎ mesiocervical,‎ mesiocoronal,‎ mesiodistal,‎ mesiofacial,‎ mesioincisal,‎ mesiogingival,‎ mesiolingual,‎ mesio-occlusal,‎ mesioclusal,‎ mesiocclusal,‎ mesiopalatal,‎ occlusal,‎ palatal,‎ posterior,‎ proximal,‎ superior,‎ vestibular ^{(Category: en:Dentistry) [edit]}

Derived terms

• linguality
• lingualize
• lingually

 

Compound words

• alveololingual
• ambilingual
• anterolingual
• apicolingual
• audiolingual
• axiolingual
• bilingual
• brevilingual
• buccolingual
• cervicolingual
• colingual
• crosslingual
• dentilingual
• distolingual
• dorsolingual
• equilingual
• exolingual
• faciolingual
• fissilingual
• gingivolingual
• heptalingual
• heterolingual
• homolingual
• hyolingual
• interlingual
• intralingual
• labiolingual
• laterolingual
• matrilingual
• mediolingual
• mesiolingual
• mesolingual
• metalingual
• metrolingual
• midlingual
• monolingual
• multilingual
• octolingual
• omnilingual
• orolingual
• panlingual
• paralingual
• pentalingual
• perilingual
• plurilingual
• polylingual
• posterolingual
• postlingual
• prelingual
• protolingual
• quadrilingual
• quinquelingual
• retrolingual
• semilingual
• sesquilingual
• sublingual
• tetralingual
• translingual
• trilingual
• unilingual
• ventrolingual
• vestibulolingual

 

Expressions

• lingual artery
• lingual bone
• lingual nerve
• lingual tonsil

 

Translations

related to the tongue

• Arabic: لِسَانِيّ‎ (lisāniyy)
• Belarusian: язы́чны (jazýčny), языко́вы (jazykóvy)
• Bulgarian: ези́чен (ezíčen)
• Catalan: lingual (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 舌的 (zh) (shé de)

• Czech: lingvální
• Esperanto: langa
• Finnish: kieli- (fi), kielen- (fi)
• French: lingual (fr)
• Galician: lingual
• German: lingual (de), Zungen- (de)
• Greek: γλωσσικός (el) (glossikós)
• Hebrew: לְשׁוֹנִי‎ (l'shoní)
• Irish: teangach, teangúil
• Italian: linguale
• Latin: linguālis
• Macedonian: јазичен (jazičen)
• Polish: językowy (pl) m
• Portuguese: lingual (pt)
• Russian: язы́чный (ru) (jazýčnyj), лингва́льный (ru) (lingválʹnyj), языково́й (ru) (jazykovój)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: јѐзичнӣ, јѐзичкӣ

  Roman: jèzičnī (sh), jèzičkī (sh)

• Slovak: jazykový
• Slovene: (medical) lingválen, jezíčen
• Spanish: lingual (es)
• Swedish: tung-, lingval
• Ukrainian: язико́вий (uk) (jazykóvyj)
• Volapük: linegik

related to language — see linguistic

Noun

lingual (plural linguals)

1. (phonetics) A sound articulated with the tongue.

Coordinate terms

• alveolar
• dental
• glottal
• labial
• nasal
• palatal
• pharyngeal
• velar

 

Translations

sound articulated with the tongue

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 舌音 (zh) (shéyīn)

• Finnish: kieliäänne
• German: Zungenlaut m
• Japanese: 舌音 (ぜつおん, zetsuon)
• Latin: linguālis

References

• “lingual”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “lingual”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Anagrams

• Luliang, Lüliang, lingula

French

Adjective

lingual (feminine linguale, masculine plural linguaux, feminine plural linguales)

1. lingual

Descendants

• → Romanian: lingual

Further reading

• “lingual”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

German

Etymology

From Medieval Latin linguālis, from Latin lingua (“tongue, speech”).

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aːl

Adjective

lingual (strong nominative masculine singular lingualer, not comparable)

1. (relational) tongue; lingual
2. (relational) language; lingual, linguistic

   Synonym: sprachlich

Derived terms

• audiolingual
• bilingual
• extralingual
• interlingual
• intralingual
• monolingual
• multilingual
• paralingual
• perlingual
• plurilingual
• sublingual
• trilingual

 

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin linguālis, from Latin lingua (“tongue, speech”) + -ālis.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /lĩˈɡwaw/ [lĩˈɡwaʊ̯]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /lĩˈɡwal/ [lĩˈɡwaɫ]

• Rhymes: -al, -aw
• Hyphenation: lin‧gual

Adjective

lingual m or f (plural linguais)

1. (anatomy) lingual (relating to the tongue)
2. (phonetics) lingual (articulated with the tongue)

Related terms

• língua

Romanian

Etymology

From French lingual.

Adjective

lingual m or n (feminine singular linguală, masculine plural linguali, feminine and neuter plural linguale)

1. lingual

Declension

Declension of lingual

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	lingual		linguală	linguali	linguale
	definite	lingualul		linguala	lingualii	lingualele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	lingual		linguale	linguali	linguale
	definite	lingualului		lingualei	lingualilor	lingualelor

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin linguālis, from Latin lingua (“tongue, speech”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /linˈɡwal/ [lĩŋˈɡwal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: lin‧gual

Adjective

lingual (plural linguales)

1. lingual

Derived terms

• sublingual

 

Related terms

• lengua

 

Further reading

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