Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

languet

/ˈlæŋɡwɪt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: lan-guet
IPA: /ˈlæŋɡwɪt/

8

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A tongue-shaped implement, specifically:

noun

A tongue-shaped implement, specifically:

noun

A tongue-shaped implement, specifically:

noun

A narrow tongue of land.

Archaic

noun

A tongue-like organ found on certain tunicates.

Example Sentences

"If there is music for this it’s windy strings and reed sections standing in bright shirt fronts and black ties all along the beach, a robed organist by the breakwater—itself broken, crusted with tides—whose languets and flues gather and shape the resident spooks here."

Etymology

From Old French languete (modern French languette), diminutive of langue (“tongue”), from Latin lingua.

Origin

Source language: Old French

Word Breakdown

Root: languete, lingua

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

languets (plural)

Synonyms

language languid

Questions

How do you pronounce languet?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈlæŋɡwɪt/.
What does languet mean?: A tongue-shaped implement, specifically:
Where does languet come from?: It is traced to Old French.

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