English
Pronunciation
tÅng, /tÊ�Å�/, /<tt>tVN</tt>/
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Alternative spellings
tounge (considered a misspelling)
tung (informal/eye dialect)
tong, tonge, toong, toongue, toung, toungue, tunge (obsolete)
Etymology
From ME. from OE. tunge from Germanic *tung�n from PIE *dn̥ghū-. Cognates include Latin lingua.
Noun
tongue (plural: tongues)
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- The flexible muscular organ in the mouth that is used to move food around, for tasting and that is moved into various positions to modify the flow of air from the lungs in order to produce different sounds in speech.
- A language.
#: He was speaking in his native tongue.
- In a shoe, the flap of material that goes between the laces and the foot, so called because it resembles a tongue in the mouth.
- (slang) Kissing involving the touching of both tongues, and/or licking
- Any large or long physical protrusion on an automotive, a machine part or any other part that fits into a long groove on another part.
Synonyms
(language): language, lingo (colloquial)
Translations
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Albanian: gjuhë f
Arabic: ARchar|�سا� (lis�n) m & f
Aramaic:
Basque: mihi
Bosnian: jezik m
Bulgarian: език (ezik) m
Breton: teod m, teodoù p
Catalan: llengua f
Chinese: è�� (shé), è��é / è��头 (shétou)
Croatian: jezik m
Czech: jazyk m
Danish: tunge c
Dutch: tong f
Esperanto: lango
Estonian: keel
Ewe: a�e n
Filipino: dila
Finnish: kieli
French: langue#French|langue f
Frisian: tonge
Gamilaraay: thalay
German: Zunge f
Greek: γλ���α [�ɣlo�sa] f
Guarani: kũ
Guugu Yimidhirr: nganhdhaar
Hawaiian: alelo
Hebrew: �ש�� (la�ôn) f
Hindi: ��ठ(jībh) f, �़बान (zab�n) f
Hungarian: nyelv
Icelandic: tunga f
Ido: lango
Ilocano: dila
Indonesian: lidah
Interlingua: lingua#Interlingua|lingua
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Italian: lingua#Italian|lingua f
Japanese: � (��, shitá), �� (bero, informal)
Korean: � (hyeo)
Kurdish: KUchar|ز�ا�
Latin: lingua f
Malayalam: നാ���� (naakku)
Maltese: ilsien m
Maori: arero
Mbabaram: jalnggulay
Mirandese: llengua f
Northern Sami: njuov��a
Norwegian: tunge
Old English: tunge
Persian: FAchar|زبا� (zab�n)
Polish: j�zyk m
Portuguese: lÃngua f
Romanian: limb� f
Russian: �з�к (jazýk) m
Sardinian (Nugorese): limba f
Serbian
Slovak: jazyk m
Slovene: jezik m
Spanish: lengua f
Swedish: tunga c
Tamazight (Berber): ils
Tagalog: dila
Telugu: నాల�� (naaluka)
Thai: ลิà¹�à¸� (lÃn), à¸�ิวหา (Ä�hiw-hÄ�)
Turkish: dil
Urdu: URchar|ج�بھ (jībh) f, URchar|زبا� (zab�n) f
Vietnamese: lưỡi
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Czech: jazyk m
Finnish: kieli, iltti
Icelandic: tunga f, tunga á skó f, skótunga f
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Verb
en-verb|tongues|tonguing|tongued
- music On a wind instrument, to articulate a note by starting the air with a tap of the tongue, as though by speaking a 'd' or 't' sound (alveolar plosive).
Derived terms
double-tongued
Related terms
top2
beef tongue
mother tongue
native tongue
speak in tongues
tongue depressor
mid2
tongue sandwich
tongue-tied
tongue twister
cat got your tongue?
tongue and groove
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