Meanings
adjectivesublingual (not comparable)
- not comparablerelationalmedicineAdministered through placement under the tongue.First known use 17th c.
- not comparablerelationalanatomySituated beneath the tongue.First known use 17th c.
Synonyms: subglossal
- not comparablerelationalanatomyOf or pertaining to the sublingual gland.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveSituated beneath the tongue.
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Origin
- New Latinsublinguālis
- Englishsublingual
Borrowed from New Latin sublinguālis, from sub- (“under, below, beneath”) + linguālis (“relating to the tongue”); equivalent to sub- + lingual.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian разположен под езика
- разположен под езика (razpoložen pod ezika)situated beneath the tongue — see also hypoglossal
Finnish kielenalainen
- kielenalainensituated beneath the tongue — see also hypoglossal
French sublingual, sublingual
- sublingualsituated beneath the tongue — see also hypoglossal
- sublingualadministered by placement beneath the tongue
Hungarian nyelv alatti
- nyelv alattisituated beneath the tongue — see also hypoglossal
Polish podjęzykowy, podjęzykowy
- podjęzykowysituated beneath the tongue — see also hypoglossal
- podjęzykowyadministered by placement beneath the tongue
Russian подъязы́чный, сублингва́льный
- подъязы́чный (podʺjazýčnyj)situated beneath the tongue — see also hypoglossal
- сублингва́льный (sublingválʹnyj)situated beneath the tongue — see also hypoglossal
- сублингва́льный (sublingválʹnyj)administered by placement beneath the tongue
Spanish sublingual
- sublingualsituated beneath the tongue — see also hypoglossal
Tagalog pang-ilalim-dila
- pang-ilalim-dilaadministered by placement beneath the tongue
Ukrainian під'язико́вий
- під'язико́вий (pidʺjazykóvyj)situated beneath the tongue — see also hypoglossal
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with sublingual
bilingualmultilinguallingualmonolingualtrilingualunilingualalveololingualambilingualanterolingualapicolingualaudiolingualaxiolingualbrevilingualbuccolingualcervicolingualcolingualcrosslingualdecalingualdentilingualdistolingualdorsolingualequilingualexolingualfaciolingual
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
sublingual. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sublingual
MLA
“sublingual.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sublingual. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sublingual,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sublingual.
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