What does language mean?
Definitions for language
ˈlæŋ gwɪdʒlan·guage
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word language.
Princeton's WordNet
language, linguistic communication(noun)
a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols
"he taught foreign languages"; "the language introduced is standard throughout the text"; "the speed with which a program can be executed depends on the language in which it is written"
speech, speech communication, spoken communication, spoken language, language, voice communication, oral communication(noun)
(language) communication by word of mouth
"his speech was garbled"; "he uttered harsh language"; "he recorded the spoken language of the streets"
lyric, words, language(noun)
the text of a popular song or musical-comedy number
"his compositions always started with the lyrics"; "he wrote both words and music"; "the song uses colloquial language"
linguistic process, language(noun)
the cognitive processes involved in producing and understanding linguistic communication
"he didn't have the language to express his feelings"
language, speech(noun)
the mental faculty or power of vocal communication
"language sets homo sapiens apart from all other animals"
terminology, nomenclature, language(noun)
a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline
"legal terminology"; "biological nomenclature"; "the language of sociology"
GCIDE
Language(n.)
Any system of symbols created for the purpose of communicating ideas, emotions, commands, etc., between sentient agents.
Etymology: [OE. langage, F. langage, fr. L. lingua the tongue, hence speech, language; akin to E. tongue. See Tongue, cf. Lingual.]
Language(n.)
Specifically: (computers) Any set of symbols and the rules for combining them which are used to specify to a computer the actions that it is to take; also referred to as a computer lanugage or programming language; as, JAVA is a new and flexible high-level language which has achieved popularity very rapidly.
Etymology: [OE. langage, F. langage, fr. L. lingua the tongue, hence speech, language; akin to E. tongue. See Tongue, cf. Lingual.]
Wiktionary
language(Noun)
A form of communication using words either spoken or gestured with the hands and structured with grammar, often with a writing system.
language(Noun)
The ability to communicate using words.
the gift of language
language(Noun)
Nonverbal communication.
body language
language(Noun)
A computer language.
language(Noun)
The vocabulary and usage used in a particular specialist field.
legal language
language(Noun)
The particular words used in speech or a passage of text.
language(Noun)
Profanity.
language(Noun)
Words, written or spoken, in a specific sequence that a person uses to describe, to a another person, the type of thoughts in their mind.
language(Verb)
To communicate by language; to express in language.
Others were languaged in such doubtful expressions that they have a double sense. uE0004411uE001 Fuller.
Webster Dictionary
Language(noun)
any means of conveying or communicating ideas; specifically, human speech; the expression of ideas by the voice; sounds, expressive of thought, articulated by the organs of the throat and mouth
Etymology: [OE. langage, F. langage, fr. L. lingua the tongue, hence speech, language; akin to E. tongue. See Tongue, cf. Lingual.]
Language(noun)
the expression of ideas by writing, or any other instrumentality
Etymology: [OE. langage, F. langage, fr. L. lingua the tongue, hence speech, language; akin to E. tongue. See Tongue, cf. Lingual.]
Language(noun)
the forms of speech, or the methods of expressing ideas, peculiar to a particular nation
Etymology: [OE. langage, F. langage, fr. L. lingua the tongue, hence speech, language; akin to E. tongue. See Tongue, cf. Lingual.]
Language(noun)
the characteristic mode of arranging words, peculiar to an individual speaker or writer; manner of expression; style
Etymology: [OE. langage, F. langage, fr. L. lingua the tongue, hence speech, language; akin to E. tongue. See Tongue, cf. Lingual.]
Language(noun)
the inarticulate sounds by which animals inferior to man express their feelings or their wants
Etymology: [OE. langage, F. langage, fr. L. lingua the tongue, hence speech, language; akin to E. tongue. See Tongue, cf. Lingual.]
Language(noun)
the suggestion, by objects, actions, or conditions, of ideas associated therewith; as, the language of flowers
Etymology: [OE. langage, F. langage, fr. L. lingua the tongue, hence speech, language; akin to E. tongue. See Tongue, cf. Lingual.]
Language(noun)
the vocabulary and phraseology belonging to an art or department of knowledge; as, medical language; the language of chemistry or theology
Etymology: [OE. langage, F. langage, fr. L. lingua the tongue, hence speech, language; akin to E. tongue. See Tongue, cf. Lingual.]
Language(noun)
a race, as distinguished by its speech
Etymology: [OE. langage, F. langage, fr. L. lingua the tongue, hence speech, language; akin to E. tongue. See Tongue, cf. Lingual.]
Language(verb)
to communicate by language; to express in language
Etymology: [OE. langage, F. langage, fr. L. lingua the tongue, hence speech, language; akin to E. tongue. See Tongue, cf. Lingual.]
Freebase
Language
the type of which all languages are instances
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Language
lang′gwāj, n. that which is spoken by the tongue: human speech: speech peculiar to a nation: style or expression peculiar to an individual: diction: any manner of expressing thought.—v.t. to express in language.—adjs. Lang′uaged, skilled in language; Lang′uageless (Shak.), speechless, silent; Lang′ued (her.), furnished with a tongue.—Dead language, one no longer spoken, as opp. to Living language, one still spoken; Flash language (see Flash). [Fr. langage—langue—L. lingua (old form dingua), the tongue, akin to L. lingēre, Gr. leichein.]
The Roycroft Dictionary
language
The tool of the mind.
U.S. National Library of Medicine
Language
A verbal or nonverbal means of communicating ideas or feelings.
Editors Contribution
language
A form of communication we intuitively feel, know and understand as intelligent animals and human beings.
We have various forms of language including speech, written and body language.
Submitted by MaryC on November 5, 2020language
A systematic act, fact and ability to communicate by the use of words, definitions, expression, energy, structure, creativity, rules, sounds, voices, symbols, speech, typing, knowing, understanding or instructions.
Language differs in each country yet people can communicate even if they do not speak or know a language.
Submitted by MaryC on January 12, 2020language
The act, fact and ability to communicate using words.
We all know what the language feels like as you can see it within a person as they look at you.
Submitted by MaryC on January 18, 2020
British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'language' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #472
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'language' in Written Corpus Frequency: #974
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'language' in Nouns Frequency: #150
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of language in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of language in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of language in a Sentence
We might hypothetically possess ourselves of every technological resource on the North American continent, but as long as our language is inadequate, our vision remains formless, our thinking and feeling are still running in the old cycles, our process may be revolutionary but not transformative.
Suddenly in the '50s, a whole new group of actors came out: Marlon Brando, James Dean and Paul Newman, who were very moody and realistic. So actors like myself and Basil Rathbone and so on didn't really fit into those realistic dramas and we began to do costume pictures. This was really the only place we could go on working if we wanted to survive as actors. Most of the things of my later career have been costume pictures. They require a certain knowledge of the language, they require enunciation and a poetic approach to the language. Really, the one thing we have over the apes is our language, isn't it? That's about all.
There's new language, they talk about crimes. They talk about a culture of death. They talk about a culture of abuse and cover-up. Before, they were omissions, sins, which is terrible.
Another language, sir? But I dare say it is much the same thing - a putain, as they say in France?
I think that it probably gave him a way to express himself when he was losing his language abilities, when he was no longer able to get his emotions out in a proper way, perhaps, maybe this gave him an outlet to deal with some of that.
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Translations for language
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- لغةArabic
- jazykCzech
- sprogDanish
- SpracheGerman
- γλώσσαGreek
- lingvoEsperanto
- idiomaSpanish
- زبانPersian
- kieliFinnish
- langueFrench
- teangaIrish
- भाषाHindi
- nyelvHungarian
- լեզուArmenian
- bahasaIndonesian
- linguaItalian
- שפהHebrew
- 言語Japanese
- ಭಾಷೆKannada
- 언어Korean
- linguaLatin
- taalDutch
- språkNorwegian
- językPolish
- línguaPortuguese
- limbăRomanian
- языкRussian
- språkSwedish
- மொழிTamil
- భాషTelugu
- ภาษาThai
- dilTurkish
- моваUkrainian
- زبانUrdu
- ngôn ngữVietnamese
- שפּראַךYiddish
- 语言Chinese
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