Meanings
- not comparableOf or relating to language.
Swearing doesn't just mean what we now understand by "dirty words". It is entwined, in social and linguistic history, with the other sort of swearing: vows and oaths.
2013 June 14, Sam Leith, “Where the profound meets the profane”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 1, archived from the original on 22 May 2019, page 371 more example
Along with the Hebrew language, the grammatical knowledge of which was greatly advanced by him, he now devoted himself to the study of a variety of languages[…] In the year 1800 he was invited to go to Halle as an ordinary professor of theology and Oriental literature. Without giving up his linguistic studies, he now devoted considerable time to the critical examination of the early books of the Old Testament,
1848, George Long, “Vater, Johan Severin”, in The Penny Cyclopædia, volume 26, page 152Antonyms: unlinguistic
- not comparableOf or relating to linguistics.
We have argued that the ability to make judgments about well-formedness and structure holds at all four major linguistic levels — Phonology, Morphology, Syntax, and Semantics.
1988, Andrew Radford, Transformational grammar: a first course, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 50Antonyms: unlinguistic
- not comparablecomputingRelating to a computer language.
The message is that we need language features that deal with schematic and linguistic discrepancies.
1993, Dimitris N. Chorafas, Manufacturing Databases and Computer Integrated Systems, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 114Antonyms: unlinguistic
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveOf or relating to language.
adjectiveOf or relating to linguistics.
adjectiveRelating to a computer language.
More synonyms by meaning
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinlingua“tongue, language”
- Germanlinguistisch
- Englishlinguistic
Borrowed from German linguistisch, equivalent to linguist + -ic. Compare linguistics. Ultimately from Latin lingua (“tongue, language”). Attested in English since 1825.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic لُغَوِيّ, لِسَانِيّ
- لُغَوِيّ (luḡawiyy)of or relating to language
- لِسَانِيّ (lisāniyy)of or relating to language
Bengali ভাষাবৈজ্ঞানিকk, ভাষাগত
- ভাষাবৈজ্ঞানিকk (bhaśabōiggênikk)of or relating to language
- ভাষাগত (bhaśagoto)of or relating to language
Bulgarian езико́в, лингвисти́чен
- езико́в (ezikóv)of or relating to language
- лингвисти́чен (lingvistíčen)of or relating to language
- лингвисти́чен (lingvistíčen)of or relating to linguistics
Catalan lingüístic, lingüístic
- lingüísticof or relating to language
- lingüísticof or relating to linguistics
Chinese Mandarin 語言的 /语言的
- 語言的 /语言的 (yǔyán de)of or relating to language
Czech jazykový, lingvistický
- jazykovýof or relating to language
- lingvistickýof or relating to language
- lingvistickýof or relating to linguistics
Danish sproglig, lingvistisk
- sprogligof or relating to language
- lingvistiskof or relating to linguistics
- sprogvidenskabeligof or relating to linguistics
Esperanto lingva
- lingvaof or relating to language
Estonian keeleline, keele-
- keelelineof or relating to language
- keele-of or relating to language
Finnish kielellinen, kieli-
- kielellinenof or relating to language
- kieli-of or relating to language
- kielitieteellinenof or relating to linguistics
- kielellinenof or relating to computer languages
French linguistique, lingual
- linguistiqueof or relating to language
- lingualof or relating to language
- linguistiqueof or relating to linguistics
German sprachlich, linguistisch
- sprachlichof or relating to language
- linguistischof or relating to language
- sprachwissenschaftlichof or relating to linguistics
- linguistischof or relating to linguistics
Greek γλωσσικός, γλωσσολογικός
- γλωσσικός (glossikós)of or relating to language
- γλωσσολογικός (glossologikós)of or relating to linguistics
Hebrew לְשׁוֹנִי, בַּלְשָׁנִי
- לְשׁוֹנִי (l'shoní)of or relating to language
- בַּלְשָׁנִיof or relating to linguistics
Hindi भाषाई
- भाषाई (bhāṣāī)of or relating to language
Hungarian nyelvi
- nyelviof or relating to language
Indonesian linguistik, bahasa
- linguistikof or relating to language
- bahasaof or relating to language
- linguistikof or relating to linguistics
Irish teangach, teangúil
- teangachof or relating to language
- teangúilof or relating to language
- teangeolaíochof or relating to linguistics
Italian linguistico, linguistico
- linguisticoof or relating to language
- linguisticoof or relating to linguistics
Japanese 言語の
- 言語の (gengo no)of or relating to language
Korean 언어의
- 언어의 (eoneoui)of or relating to language
Latvian lingvistisks, valodniecisks
- lingvistisksof or relating to language
- valodniecisksof or relating to language
- lingvistisksof or relating to linguistics
- valodniecisksof or relating to linguistics
Lithuanian kalbinis
- kalbinisof or relating to language
Malay bahasa, linguistik
- bahasaof or relating to language
- linguistikof or relating to language
Norwegian lingvistisk, språkvitenskapelig
- lingvistiskof or relating to linguistics
- språkvitenskapeligof or relating to linguistics
Norwegian Bokmål språklig
- språkligof or relating to language
Persian زبانی, لسانی
- زبانی (zabâni)of or relating to language
- لسانی (lesâni)of or relating to language
Polish językowy, lingwistyczny
- językowyof or relating to language
- lingwistycznyof or relating to language
- językoznawczyof or relating to linguistics
- lingwistycznyof or relating to linguistics
Portuguese linguístico, linguístico
- linguísticoof or relating to language
- linguísticoof or relating to linguistics
Romanian lingvistic, lingvistic
- lingvisticof or relating to language
- lingvisticof or relating to linguistics
- de lingvisticăof or relating to linguistics
- computero-lingvisticof or relating to computer languages
Russian языково́й, лингвисти́ческий
- языково́й (jazykovój)of or relating to language
- лингвисти́ческий (lingvistíčeskij)of or relating to language
- язы́чный (jazýčnyj)of or relating to language
- лингва́льный (lingválʹnyj)of or relating to language
- лингвисти́ческий (lingvistíčeskij)of or relating to linguistics
- языкове́дческий (jazykovédčeskij)of or relating to linguistics
Slovak lingvistický
- lingvistickýof or relating to language
Spanish lingüístico, lingual
- lingüísticoof or relating to language
- lingualof or relating to language
- lingüísticoof or relating to linguistics
Swedish språklig, språkvetenskaplig
- språkligof or relating to language
- språkvetenskapligof or relating to linguistics
- lingvistiskof or relating to linguistics
Thai ภาษา
- ภาษา (paa-sǎa)of or relating to language
Turkish dil bilimi
- dil bilimiof or relating to language
Ukrainian мо́вний, лінгвісти́чний
- мо́вний (móvnyj)of or relating to language
- лінгвісти́чний (linhvistýčnyj)of or relating to language
- лінгвісти́чний (linhvistýčnyj)of or relating to linguistics
Urdu لسانی
- لسانی (lisānī)of or relating to language
Vietnamese ngôn ngữ
- ngôn ngữof or relating to language
Yiddish שפּראַכלעך
- שפּראַכלעך (shprakhlekh)of or relating to language
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with linguistic
Anagrams
Cite this entry
linguistic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/linguistic
“linguistic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/linguistic. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “linguistic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/linguistic.
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