Lingua
/ˈlɪŋ.ɡwə/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Synonym of tongue.
"Let your lingua loiter on its salty, hard surface. When you finally crack the nut, don’t swallow it right away."
- 2 a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity wordnet
- 3 A median process of the labium, at the underside of the mouth in insects, and serving as a tongue.
Antonyms
All antonymsExample
More examples"Today's lingua francas aren't very Frankish at all."
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Latin lingua (“the tongue”). Doublet of langue and tongue.