Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lingualis

/lɪŋˈɡwæl.ɪs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: lin-gualis
IPA: /lɪŋˈɡwæl.ɪs/

10

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A longitudinal band of muscular fibres, situated on the undersurface of the tongue, lying in the interval between the hyoglossus and the geniohyoglossus, and extending from the base to the apex of the organ.

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from New Latin linguālis, ellipsis of mūsculus linguālis (“lingual muscle”). Doublet of lingual.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /lɪŋˈɡwæl.ɪs/

Inflected Forms

linguales (plural)

Rhymes With

palace alice malice calais chalice poisoned chalice cialis occipitofrontalis ansa cervicalis chehalis frontalis temporalis

Questions

How do you pronounce lingualis?: The recorded pronunciation is /lɪŋˈɡwæl.ɪs/.
What does lingualis mean?: A longitudinal band of muscular fibres, situated on the undersurface of the tongue, lying in the interval between the hyoglossus and the geniohyoglossus, and extending from the base to the apex of the organ.
Where does lingualis come from?: Unadapted borrowing from New Latin linguālis, ellipsis of mūsculus linguālis (“lingual muscle”). Doublet of lingual.

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