Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mind one's language

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.28 in modern English

Syllables: mind one's lan-guage
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

2

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To be careful to speak properly, especially concerning the avoidance of swear words.

Inflected Forms

minds one's language (present, singular) minding one's language (participle, present) minded one's language (participle, past) minded one's language (past)

Questions

What does mind one's language mean?: To be careful to speak properly, especially concerning the avoidance of swear words.

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