language

Etymology 1
From, , from , from , from , from , from. . Displaced native.

Noun

 * 1)  A body of words, and set of methods of combining them (called a grammar), understood by a community and used as a form of communication.
 * 2) * 1867, Report on the Systems of Deaf-Mute Instruction pursued in Europe, quoted in 1983 in History of the College for the Deaf, 1857-1907 ISBN 0913580856, page 240:
 * Hence the natural language of the mute is, in schools of this class, suppressed as soon and as far as possible, and its existence as a language, capable of being made the reliable and precise vehicle for the widest range of thought, is ignored.
 * 1)  The ability to communicate using words.
 * 2)  A sublanguage: the slang of a particular community or jargon of a particular specialist field.
 * 3)  The expression of thought (the communication of meaning) in a specified way; that which communicates something, as language does.
 * 4)  A body of sounds, signs and/or signals by which animals communicate, and by which plants are sometimes also thought to communicate.
 * 5)  A computer language; a machine language.
 * 6)  Manner of expression.
 * 7) * 1782,, Hope
 * Their language simple, as their manners meek,
 * 1)  The particular words used in a speech or a passage of text.
 * 2)  Profanity.
 * 1)  The expression of thought (the communication of meaning) in a specified way; that which communicates something, as language does.
 * 2)  A body of sounds, signs and/or signals by which animals communicate, and by which plants are sometimes also thought to communicate.
 * 3)  A computer language; a machine language.
 * 4)  Manner of expression.
 * 5) * 1782,, Hope
 * Their language simple, as their manners meek,
 * 1)  The particular words used in a speech or a passage of text.
 * 2)  Profanity.
 * 1)  A computer language; a machine language.
 * 2)  Manner of expression.
 * 3) * 1782,, Hope
 * Their language simple, as their manners meek,
 * 1)  The particular words used in a speech or a passage of text.
 * 2)  Profanity.
 * 1)  Profanity.
 * 1)  Profanity.
 * 1)  Profanity.

Synonyms

 * see Thesaurus:language
 * see Thesaurus:jargon
 * see Thesaurus:wording
 * see Thesaurus:wording

Hyponyms

 * See Category:en:Languages

Verb

 * 1)  To communicate by language; to express in language.

Etymology 2
Alteration of.

Noun

 * 1) A languet, a flat plate in or below the flue pipe of an organ.

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1)  (style of communicating)

Etymology
. Attested in the. Derivable from.

Noun

 * 1) language (style of communicating)

Descendants
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