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Webster 1913 Edition


Tonge

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Tonge

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Noun.
Tongue.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

Definition 2024


tonge

tonge

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈton.ɡeː/, [ˈtɔŋ.ɡeː]

Verb

tongē

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of tongeō

Middle English

Noun

tonge (plural tonges)

  1. (anatomy) tongue

Descendants


West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian tunge, from Proto-Germanic *tungǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s. Compare English tongue, Dutch tong, German Zunge, Danish tunge.

Noun

tonge c (plural tongen)

  1. (anatomy) tongue