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lingua



tongue
tongue


Definitions

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lingua
     1. n. (topics, la, Organs) tongue
     2. n. a speech
     3. n. an utterance or expression
     4. n. a language
     5. n. a dialect, idiom or mode of speech
     6. n. (poetic, of animals) voice, note, song, bark etc.
     7. n. (a kind of plant (alternatively called lingulaca))
     8. n. the reed of the Roman tibiae
     9. n. a small amount of something, e.g. "a tongue of land" or "a spoonful".
     10. n. the short arm of a lever

Example Sentences

Ars musica est lingua, quam omnes intellegunt.
    Music is a language understood by all humans.
Lingua est mundus in quo habitant homines.
    Language is the world in which men live.
Oculis videmus, auribus auscultamus, cute tangimus, naso olfacimus, lingua gustamus.
    We see with our eyes, we hear with our ears, we touch with our skin, we smell with our nose, and we taste with our tongue.
Unicuique nostrum alia lingua loqui discendum esse censeo.
    I think everybody should learn another language.



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