A body of words, and set of methods of combining them (called a grammar), understood by a community and used as a form of communication.
The English and German languages are both members of the West Germanic language family.
The ability to communicate using words.
the gift of language
A languet, a flat plate in or below the flue pipe of an organ.
A flue-pipe is one in which the air passes through the throat, or flue, which is the narrow, longitudinal aperture between the lower lip and the tongue, or language. […] The language is adjusted by slightly elevating or depressing it, […]
To communicate by language; to express in language.
Others were languaged in such doubtful expressions that they have a double sense.
An admonishment said in response to vulgar language.
You're a pile of shit! Hey! Language!
From Middle English langage, language, from Old French language, from Vulgar Latin *linguāticum, from Latin lingua (“tongue, speech, language”), from Old Latin dingua (“tongue”), from Proto-Indo-Europ...
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