French Conversation · Level 46
74 words
French word
langue
Pronunciation
IPA/lɑ̃g/
Meaning
- feminine nounlanguage
Example
Elle apprend la langue française.
She is learning French.
More examples
Il parle plusieurs langues à la maison.
He speaks several languages at home.
Core concept
A physical tongue becomes a shared system of sounds and signs that connects members of a community.
Common phrases
parler une langue
speak a language
une langue étrangère
a foreign language
langue maternelle
mother tongue
Similar words
langage: The overall way words and expressions are used to convey thoughts and information.
parole: The words spoken in a specific utterance.
dialecte: A regionally or socially distinctive form of speech and vocabulary.
accent: A person's distinctive way of pronouncing sounds when speaking.
Definition in French
Organe musculaire de la bouche utilisé pour goûter et articuler les sons ; ou système de signes oraux et écrits partagé par une communauté.
Word origin
The French noun langue comes from Latin lingua through Old French, preserving the historical connection between the tongue and human speech.
Usage tips
- Context distinguishes the senses: langue maternelle means 'native language', while tirer la langue means 'stick out the tongue'.
Other meanings
- tonguenoun
Related words
- bilinguebilingualadjective
- multilinguemultilingualadjective