lingua

n., pl., -guae (-gwē').
A tongue or tonguelike organ.

[Latin, tongue, language.]

(lĭng'gwə)
n., pl. -guae (-gwē').

1. The tongue.
2. A tonguelike anatomical structure.

Pl. linguae [L.] tongue.

• l. nigra — black tongue.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity
  Synonyms: tongue, glossa, clapper

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - lingua

idioms:

• lingua franca    fællessprog

Nederlands (Dutch)
tong

Français (French)
n. - lingua franca

idioms:

• lingua franca    lingua franca

Deutsch (German)
n. - Zunge

idioms:

• lingua franca    Verkehrssprache

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - γλώσσα

idioms:

• lingua franca    κοινή γλώσσα

Italiano (Italian)
idioms:

• lingua franca    lingua franca

Português (Portuguese)
idioms:

• lingua franca    língua (f) franca

Русский (Russian)
язык

idioms:

• lingua franca    смешанный язык, язык, используемый людьми из разных стран

Español (Spanish)
n. - lengua

idioms:

• lingua franca    lengua franca

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - (lat.) språk

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
舌

idioms:

• lingua franca    佛兰卡语, 混合方言, 混合语

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 舌

idioms:

• lingua franca    佛蘭卡語, 混合方言, 混合語

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 용어

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 舌, 言語

idioms:

• lingua franca    リングアフランカ, 共通語

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) لسان, زائدة كاللسان‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮לשון‬

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