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Webster 1913 Edition
Lingual
1.
Of or pertaining to the tongue; uttered by the aid of the tongue; glossal;
as, the
lingual
nerves; a lingual
letter.Lin′gual
,Noun.
A consonant sound formed by the aid of the tongue; – a term especially applied to certain articulations (as those of t, d, th, and n) and to the letters denoting them.
☞ In Sanskrit grammar certain letters, as ṭ, ṭh, ḍ, ḍh, ṇ, are called linguals, cerebrals, or cacuminals. They are uttered with the tip of the tongue turned up and drawn back into the dome of the palate.
Webster 1828 Edition
Lingual
LIN'GUAL
,Adj.
Definition 2024
lingual
lingual
See also: -lingual
English
Adjective
lingual (comparative more lingual, superlative most lingual)
- Related to the tongue.
- Related to language or linguistics.
- (phonetics) articulated with the tongue
- (dentistry) Of a tooth, on the side facing the tongue.
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Coordinate terms
- (dentistry location adjectives) anterior, apical, apicocoronal, axial, buccal, buccoapical, buccocervical, buccogingival, buccolabial, buccolingual, bucco-occlusal, buccopalatal, cervical, coronal, coronoapical, distal, distoapical, distobuccal, distocervical, distocoronal, distofacial, distogingival, distoincisal, distolingual, disto-occlusal, distoclusal, distocclusal, distopalatal, facial, gingival, incisal, inferior, labial, lingual, linguobuccal, linguo-occlusal, mandibular, maxillary, mesial, mesioapical, mesiobuccal, mesiocervical, mesiocoronal, mesiodistal, mesiofacial, mesioincisal, mesiogingival, mesiolingual, mesio-occlusal, mesioclusal, mesiocclusal, mesiopalatal, occlusal, palatal, posterior, proximal, superior, vestibular (Category: en:Dentistry) [edit]
Translations
Noun
lingual (plural linguals)
- (phonetics) a sound articulated with the tongue
Translations
sound articulated with the tongue
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German
Etymology
From Latin lingualis, from Latin lingua (“tongue; speech”).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -aːl
Adjective
lingual (not comparable)
- lingual; related to the tongue
- lingual, linguistic; related to language
Synonyms
- (related to language): sprachlich
Derived terms
- monolingual
- bilingual
- trilingual
- multilingual
- plurilingual
- audiolingual
- extralingual
- intralingual
- interlingual
- paralingual
- perlingual
- sublingual
Portuguese
Etymology
From Medieval Latin lingualis, from lingua (“tongue”) + -alis.
Pronunciation
Adjective
lingual m, f (plural linguais, comparable)