Meanings
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveRelated to, near, or on the side toward the tongue.
adjectiveArticulated with the tongue.
adjectiveRelated to language or linguistics.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveconsisting of or related to language
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s
- Proto-Italic*dn̥ɣwā
- Latindingua
- Latinlingua
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Latinlinguāli
- Englishlingual
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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Arabic لِسَانِيّ
- لِسَانِيّ (lisāniyy)related to the tongue
Bulgarian ези́чен
- ези́чен (ezíčen)related to the tongue
Catalan lingual
- lingualrelated to the tongue
Chinese Mandarin 舌的, 舌音
- 舌的 (shé de)related to the tongue
- 舌音 (shéyīn)sound articulated with the tongue
Czech lingvální
- lingválnírelated to the tongue
Esperanto langa
- langarelated to the tongue
Finnish kieli-, kielen-
- kieli-related to the tongue
- kielen-related to the tongue
- linguaalinenrelated to the tongue
- kieliäännesound articulated with the tongue
French lingual
- lingualrelated to the tongue
German lingual, Zungen-
- lingualrelated to the tongue
- Zungen-related to the tongue
- Zungenlautsound articulated with the tongue
Greek γλωσσικός
- γλωσσικός (glossikós)related to the tongue
Hebrew לְשׁוֹנִי
- לְשׁוֹנִי (l'shoní)related to the tongue
Irish teangach, teangúil
- teangachrelated to the tongue
- teangúilrelated to the tongue
Italian linguale
- lingualerelated to the tongue
Japanese 舌音
- 舌音 (zetsuon)sound articulated with the tongue
Latin linguālis, linguālis
- linguālisrelated to the tongue
- linguālissound articulated with the tongue
Polish językowy
- językowyrelated to the tongue
Portuguese lingual
- lingualrelated to the tongue
Russian язы́чный, лингва́льный
- язы́чный (jazýčnyj)related to the tongue
- лингва́льный (lingválʹnyj)related to the tongue
- языково́й (jazykovój)related to the tongue
Slovak jazykový
- jazykovýrelated to the tongue
Spanish lingual
- lingualrelated to the tongue
Swedish tung-, lingval
- tung-related to the tongue
- lingvalrelated to the tongue
Ukrainian язико́вий
- язико́вий (jazykóvyj)related to the tongue
Welsh tafodol
- tafodolrelated to the tongue
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with lingual
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Cite this entry
lingual. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lingual
“lingual.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lingual. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lingual,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lingual.
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