Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lingual

/ˈlɪŋ.ɡju.əl/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.80 in modern English

Syllables: lin-gual
IPA: /ˈlɪŋ.ɡju.əl/

8

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Related to, near, or on the side toward the tongue.

adj

Related to, near, or on the side toward the tongue.

adj

Related to language or linguistics.

noun

A sound articulated with the tongue.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s Proto-Italic *dn̥ɣwā Latin dingua Latin lingua Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin linguālislbor. English lingual Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin linguālis, from lingua (“the tongue; a language, speech”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix); equivalent to lingua + -al. Doublet of lingualis.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈlɪŋ.ɡju.əl/

Inflected Forms

linguals (plural)

Derived Forms

linguality lingualize lingually alveolingual alveololingual ambilingual anterolingual apicolingual audiolingual axiolingual bilingual brevilingual

Phrases

lingual artery lingual bone lingual gyrus lingual nerve lingual tonsil

Frequently Paired Words

alveolar dental glottal labial nasal palatal pharyngeal velar

Synonyms

glossal linguistic tonguely

Rhymes With

bilingual multilingual monolingual sublingual trilingual unilingual interlingual quadrilingual polylingual omnilingual buccolingual panlingual

Questions

How do you pronounce lingual?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈlɪŋ.ɡju.əl/.
What does lingual mean?: Related to, near, or on the side toward the tongue.
Where does lingual come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s Proto-Italic *dn̥ɣwā Latin dingua Latin lingua Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin linguālislbor. English lingual Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin linguālis, from lingua (“the tongue; a language, speech”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix); equivalent to lingua + -al. Doublet of lingualis.

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