Antonyms for language
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : lang-gwij |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈlæŋ gwɪdʒ |
Definition of language
Origin :- late 13c., langage "words, what is said, conversation, talk," from Old French langage (12c.), from Vulgar Latin *linguaticum, from Latin lingua "tongue," also "speech, language" (see lingual). The form with -u- developed in Anglo-French. Meaning "a language" is from c.1300, also used in Middle English of dialects:
- Mercii, þat beeþ men of myddel Engelond[,] vnderstondeþ bettre þe side langages, norþerne and souþerne, þan norþerne and souþerne vnderstondeþ eiþer oþer. [John of Trevisa, translation of Bartholomew de Glanville's "De proprietatibus rerum," 1398]In oþir inglis was it drawin, And turnid ic haue it til ur awin Language of the norþin lede, Þat can na noþir inglis rede. ["Cursor Mundi," early 14c.]
- Language barrier attested from 1933.
- noun system of words for communication
- All who listened were deeply impressed by language so mysterious.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- It would be a solecism in language to say that any portion of these is not included in the whole.
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
- Having grasped a principle, we phrase it in the language of our time.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
- This is the language of passionate exaggeration, one might say.
- Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
- The third act is "spoiled, by the characteristic Shakespearean language."
- Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
- Could the master of language find no better word than the contemptuous one?
- Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
- There was nothing to be done but, in policeman's language, 'move on.'
- Extract from : « The Roof of France » by Matilda Betham-Edwards
- "Yes, I will;" for he could say that in the language in which the landlady spoke.
- Extract from : « Rico and Wiseli » by Johanna Spyri
- The language, the style, the tone of the correspondence is the same.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill
- The Kavirondo, his eyes rolling, shot forth a torrent of language.
- Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
Synonyms for language
- accent
- argot
- articulation
- brogue
- cant
- communication
- conversation
- dialect
- diction
- dictionary
- discourse
- doublespeak
- expression
- gibberish
- idiom
- interchange
- jargon
- lexicon
- lingua franca
- palaver
- parlance
- patois
- phraseology
- prose
- signal
- slang
- sound
- speech
- style
- talk
- terminology
- tongue
- utterance
- verbalization
- vernacular
- vocabulary
- vocalization
- voice
- word
- wording
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