LANGUAGE | • language n. (Countable) A body of words, and set of methods of combining them (called a grammar), understood by… • language n. (Uncountable) The ability to communicate using words. • language n. (Uncountable) A sublanguage: the slang of a particular community or jargon of a particular specialist field. |
LANGUAGED | • languaged adj. Having a specified type or number of languages. • languaged adj. Skilled in language. • languaged v. Simple past tense and past participle of language. |
LANGUAGES | • languages n. Plural of language. • languages v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of language. • LANGUAGE v. to express in a body of words serving as communication. |
SLANGUAGE | • slanguage n. (Somewhat informal) A particular vernacular or vocabulary of slang; the jargon or lingo of a particular group. • SLANGUAGE n. a slang language. |
SLANGUAGES | • slanguages n. Plural of slanguage. • SLANGUAGE n. a slang language. |
NONLANGUAGE | • nonlanguage n. That which is not a language. • nonlanguage adj. Not relating to language. • NONLANGUAGE n. something that is not a language. |
SUBLANGUAGE | • sublanguage n. (Computing) A subset of a language, in particular of a programming language. • sublanguage n. (Linguistics) A language restricted to a specific context, such as a particular subject area. • SUBLANGUAGE n. a subdivision of a language. |
LANGUAGELESS | • languageless adj. Without language. • LANGUAGELESS adj. (Shakespeare) without speech. |
METALANGUAGE | • metalanguage n. (Linguistics, translation studies, critical theory) Any language or vocabulary of specialized terms… • metalanguage n. (Computing) Any similar language used to define a programming language. • METALANGUAGE n. a language used to talk about language. |
NONLANGUAGES | • nonlanguages n. Plural of nonlanguage. • NONLANGUAGE n. something that is not a language. |
PARALANGUAGE | • paralanguage n. (Linguistics) The non-verbal elements of speech, and to a limited extent of writing, used to modify… • PARALANGUAGE n. nonverbal elements which affect meaning of speech, as intonation, etc. |
SUBLANGUAGES | • sublanguages n. Plural of sublanguage. • SUBLANGUAGE n. a subdivision of a language. |
METALANGUAGES | • metalanguages n. Plural of metalanguage. • METALANGUAGE n. a language used to talk about language. |
PARALANGUAGES | • paralanguages n. Plural of paralanguage. • PARALANGUAGE n. nonverbal elements which affect meaning of speech, as intonation, etc. |
PROTOLANGUAGE | • protolanguage n. Alternative form of proto-language. • proto-language n. (Linguistics) A language which is reconstructed by examining similarities in existing languages to try… • proto-language n. (Linguistics) The early utterances produced by an infant before it acquires true language. |
PROTOLANGUAGES | • protolanguages n. Plural of protolanguage. • proto-languages n. Plural of proto-language. • PROTOLANGUAGE n. an assumed or recorded ancestral language. |