Using Esperanto with him, I feel that we are both at the same level, at least from a lingual point of view.
Source: tatoeba (477790)
Lingual
//ˈlɪŋ.ɡwəl//
Synonyms for "lingual" (146 found)
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Closest matches (30)
Strong matches (43)
Related words (73)
nuncupativeocclusiveopenoraloxytonepalatalpalatalizedparolpeakpharyngealpharyngealizedphilologicalphonephonemephonemicphoneticphonicphonologicalpitchpitched
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posttonicpronouncedpsycholinguisticretroflexroundedsaidsemanticsemivowelsoftsonantsonoritysoundedspeechspokenstopstoppedstressedstrongstructuralsurdsyllabicsyllablesyntactictensethickthroatytonaltongueliketonguelytonictwangyunaccentedunroundedunstressedunwrittenutteredvelarverbalviva vocevocablevocalvocalicvocalizedvocoidvoicevoicedvoicefulvoicelessvowelvowellikeweakwide
Adjective(1 words)
Related word relations
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1 entriesSynonyms
3 entriescoordinate
8 entriesderived
76 entriesShowing 16 of 76 words.
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2 entriesis a
2 entriesrelated to
13 entriesTranslations
45 translations across 29 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- لِسَانِيّ adj (related to the tongue)
Belarusian
2 entries- язы́чны adj (related to the tongue)
- языко́вы adj (related to the tongue)
Bulgarian
1 entries- ези́чен adj (related to the tongue)
Catalan
1 entries- lingual adj (related to the tongue)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 舌的 adj (related to the tongue)
- 舌音 noun (sound articulated with the tongue)
Czech
1 entries- lingvální adj (related to the tongue)
Esperanto
1 entries- langa adj (related to the tongue)
Finnish
4 entries- kielen adj (related to the tongue)
- kieli adj (related to the tongue)
- linguaalinen adj (related to the tongue)
- kieliäänne noun (sound articulated with the tongue)
French
1 entries- lingual adj (related to the tongue)
Galician
1 entries- lingual adj (related to the tongue)
German
3 entries- Zungen adj (related to the tongue)
- lingual adj (related to the tongue)
- Zungenlaut noun (sound articulated with the tongue)
Greek
1 entries- γλωσσικός adj (related to the tongue)
Hebrew
1 entries- לְשׁוֹנִי adj (related to the tongue)
Irish
2 entries- teangach adj (related to the tongue)
- teangúil adj (related to the tongue)
Italian
1 entries- linguale adj (related to the tongue)
Japanese
1 entries- 舌音 noun (sound articulated with the tongue)
Latin
2 entries- linguālis adj (related to the tongue)
- linguālis noun (sound articulated with the tongue)
Macedonian
1 entries- јазичен adj (related to the tongue)
Polish
1 entries- językowy adj (related to the tongue)
Portuguese
1 entries- lingual adj (related to the tongue)
Russian
3 entries- лингва́льный adj (related to the tongue)
- язы́чный adj (related to the tongue)
- языково́й adj (related to the tongue)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- jèzičkī adj (related to the tongue)
- jèzičnī adj (related to the tongue)
- јѐзичкӣ adj (related to the tongue)
- јѐзичнӣ adj (related to the tongue)
Slovak
1 entries- jazykový adj (related to the tongue)
Slovene
2 entries- jezíčen adj (related to the tongue)
- lingválen adj (related to the tongue)
Spanish
1 entries- lingual adj (related to the tongue)
Swedish
2 entries- lingval adj (related to the tongue)
- tung adj (related to the tongue)
Ukrainian
1 entries- язико́вий adj (related to the tongue)
Volapük
1 entries- linegik adj (related to the tongue)
Welsh
1 entries- tafodol adj (related to the tongue)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
The doctor examined Tom's swollen lingual tonsil.
Source: tatoeba (13568841)
Tom had his lingual frenulum removed.
Source: tatoeba (13568842)
Tom was born with a short lingual frenulum.
Source: tatoeba (13568844)
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