tongue
English
/tʌŋ/, /tʊŋ/, /tɒŋɡ/
noun
Definitions
- The flexible muscular organ in the mouth that is used to move food around, for tasting and that is moved into various positions to modify the flow of air from the lungs in order to produce different sounds in speech.
- (countable) This organ, as taken from animals used for food (especially cows).−
- (metonym) A language.
- (obsolete) Speakers of a language, collectively.
- (obsolete) Voice the distinctive sound of a person's speech; accent distinctive manner of pronouncing a language.
- Manner of speaking, often habitually.
- (metonym) A person speaking in a specified manner (most often plural).
- The power of articulate utterance; speech generally.
- (obsolete) Discourse; fluency of speech or expression.
- (obsolete) Discourse; fluency of speech or expression.
- (obsolete) Honourable discourse; eulogy.
- (religion) Glossolalia.
- In a shoe, the flap of material that goes between the laces and the foot (so called because it resembles a tongue in the mouth).
- Any large or long physical protrusion on an automotive or machine part or any other part that fits into a long groove on another part.
- A projection, or slender appendage or fixture.
- A long, narrow strip of land, projecting from the mainland into a sea or lake.
- The pole of a vehicle; especially, the pole of an ox cart, to the end of which the oxen are yoked.
- The clapper of a bell.
- (figuratively) An individual point of flame from a fire.
- A small sole (type of fish).
- (nautical) A short piece of rope spliced into the upper part of standing backstays, etc.; also, the upper main piece of a mast composed of several pieces.
- (music) A reed.
- (geology) A division of formation; A layer or member of a formation that pinches out in one direction.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English tonge inherited from Old English tunge inherited from *tungā inherited from Proto-Germanic *tungǭ (tongue, language, speech) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s (tongue, language, speech).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s
Gloss
tongue, language, speech
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
語
Emoji
👅 😋 😛 😜 😝 🤑
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- beard English
- beardtongue English
- betongue English
- blab English
- blabtongue English
- blue English
- bluetongue English
- father English
- father tongue English
- fish English
- fuck English
- fucker English
- goose English
- goosetongue English
- intertongue English
- job English
- lingo English
- lingua English
- linguiform English
- linguist English
- outtongue English
- ox English
- oxtongue English
- smooth English
- smoothtongue English
- tonguage English
- tonguectomy English
- tonguefish English
- tonguefuck English
- tonguefucker English
- tonguejob English
- tongueless English
- tonguelessly English
- tonguelessness English
- tonguelet English
- tonguelike English
- tonguely English
- tonguester English
- tongueworm English
- tonguey English
- tonguy English
- untongue English
- worm English
- *linguaticum Latin
- *linguāticum Latin
- bilinguis Latin
- lingua Latin
- linguax Latin
- lingula Latin
- linguālis Latin
- Engelszunge German
- Linguist German
- Ochsenzunge German
- Seezunge German
- Vorderzungenvokal German
- Zunge German
- Zungenbein German
- Zungenbrecher German
- Zungenkuss German
- Zungenlaut German
- Zungenreden German
- Zungenspitze German
- doppelzüngig German
- linguistisch German
- scharfzüngig German
- lingua Italian
- biltong Dutch, Flemish
- landtong Dutch, Flemish
- langtong Dutch, Flemish
- rasptong Dutch, Flemish
- roltong Dutch, Flemish
- schijftongkikker Dutch, Flemish
- tong Dutch, Flemish
- tongbreker Dutch, Flemish
- tongenworst Dutch, Flemish
- tongval Dutch, Flemish
- tongzoen Dutch, Flemish
- zeetong Dutch, Flemish
- lingot French
- multilingue French
- метаязык Russian
- новояз Russian
- язык Russian
- *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s Proto-Indo-European
- lingvist Norwegian Bokmål
- tunge Norwegian Bokmål
- tungetale Norwegian Bokmål
- *tungǭ Proto-Germanic
- hundtunga Swedish
- sjötunga Swedish
- tunga Swedish
- tungomål Swedish
- växeltunga Swedish
- angielskojęzyczny Polish
- anglojęzyczny Polish
- arabskojęzyczny Polish
- bengalskojęzyczny Polish
- chińskojęzyczny Polish
- czeskojęzyczny Polish
- duńskojęzyczny Polish
- dwujęzyczny Polish
- francuskojęzyczny Polish
- hiszpańskojęzyczny Polish
- jednojęzyczny Polish
- jęzor Polish
- język Polish
- językowy Polish
- językoznawca Polish
- językoznawstwo Polish
- koreańskojęzyczny Polish
- luksemburskojęzyczny Polish
- niemieckojęzyczny Polish
- podjęzykowy Polish
- polskojęzyczny Polish
- prajęzyk Polish
- przejęzyczyć Polish
- rosyjskojęzyczny Polish
- szwedzkojęzyczny Polish
- trójjęzyczny Polish
- tureckojęzyczny Polish
- wielojęzyczny Polish
- współczesny standardowy język arabski Polish
- włoskojęzyczny Polish
- lingvist Norwegian Nynorsk
- tunge Norwegian Nynorsk
- tungetale Norwegian Nynorsk
- tung Old English
- tunge Old English
- जिह्वा Sanskrit
- tonge Middle English
- tongeles Middle English
- tungy Middle English
- teanga Irish
- tunga Old Norse
- bagtungevokal Danish
- fortungevokal Danish
- lingvist Danish
- søtunge Danish
- tunge Danish
- *(j)ęzykъ Proto-Slavic
- *ęzykъ Proto-Slavic
- langue Old French
- languete Old French
- lingvo Esperanto
- ज़बान Hindi
- lingua Galician
- limbă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- забон Persian
- زبان Persian
- زوان Persian
- tonge Middle Dutch
- zunga Old High German
- լեզու Old Armenian
- լեզուածայր Old Armenian
- լեզուանի Old Armenian
- tengae Old Irish
- tong Afrikaans
- tongvis Afrikaans
- జిహ్వ Telugu
- teanga Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- çhengey Manx
- zunge Middle High German
- 𐍄𐌿𐌲𐌲𐍉 Gothic
- *tungā gmw-pro
- אינטרלינגואה Hebrew (modern)
- tunga Old Dutch
- lingua Old Portuguese
- *tangʷāss Proto-Celtic
- *tangʷāt- Proto-Celtic
- jivhā Pali
- zung Cimbrian
- જીભ Gujarati
- *ȷ́iȷ́ʰwáH Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *ȷ́iȷ́ʰwáHs Proto-Indo-Iranian
- tunga Old Saxon
- limbã Aromanian
- tunga Old Swedish
- *denɣwā Proto-Italic
- glianga Romansh
- laungia Romansh
- lengua Romansh
- leua Romansh
- lieunga Romansh
- lingua Romansh
- llingua Asturian
- lenghe Friulian
- *ȷ́iźʰwáH Proto-Indo-Aryan
- জিহ্বা Bengali
- lengua Old Occitan
- tonge Western Frisian
- ꙗзꙑкъ Old East Slavic
- زبان Urdu
- tunge Old Frisian
- lengua Old Spanish
- lingua Sicilian
- ŠNA Middle Persian
- rêziman Northern Kurdish
- ziman Northern Kurdish
- zimankuj Northern Kurdish
- zimanmalbat Northern Kurdish
- zimannas Northern Kurdish
- zimanê fransî Northern Kurdish
- łéngua Venetian
- tang Tok Pisin
- 𑀚𑀺𑀩𑁆𑀪𑀸 Sauraseni Prakrit
- *inźūˀ Proto-Balto-Slavic
- *inźūˀkas, *inźūˀ Proto-Balto-Slavic
- léngoa Ligurian
- lingua Ladino
- לינגוה Ladino
- *hižwáH Proto-Iranian
- *hižwáHkaH Proto-Iranian
- ਜੀਭ Panjabi, Punjabi
- lingua Kabuverdianu
- kantwo Tocharian B
- langue Bourguignon
- tungæ Old Danish
- जीब Konkani
- tongo Sranan Tongo
- जीभ Old Marathi
- 𑘕𑘲𑘥 Old Marathi
- limba Sardinian
- lengua Neapolitan
- lèngua Istriot
- 𐬵𐬌𐬰𐬎𐬎𐬁 Avestan
- *dingua Old Latin
- dingua Old Latin
- luenga Aragonese
- ژبه Pashto, Pushto
- जिब्रो Nepali
- lhéngua Mirandese
- ǰhip Kalasha
- lenga Franco-Provençal
- zıwan Zazaki
- käntu Tocharian A
- *käntwo Proto-Tocharian
- lengua Lombard
- lenga Piedmontese
- දිව Sinhala, Sinhalese
- زَبان Kashmiri
- زیٛو Kashmiri
- limbĕ Istro-Romanian
- ދޫ Divehi, Dhivehi, Maldivian
- tang Kriol
- tang Torres Strait Creole
- جیب Torwali
- ಜಿಹ್ವೆ Tulu
- luenga Extremaduran
- žū Ashkun
- dić Kati
- зивок Yagnobi
- زوان Bakhtiari
- *ȷ́iȷ́ū́ Proto-Nuristani
- *ȷ́uȷ́ū́ Proto-Nuristani
- *jihvā́ Proto-Dardic
- ox
- job
- worm
- blue
- fuck
- blab
- fish
- lingo
- goose
- beard
- smooth
- father
- fucker
- tonguy
- lingua
- tonguey
- tonguage
- linguist
- untongue
- tonguely
- betongue
- oxtongue
- tonguelet
- outtongue
- tonguejob
- tongueworm
- bluetongue
- tonguester
- tonguefuck
- tongueless
- tonguelike
- tonguefish
- blabtongue
- linguiform
- goosetongue
- beardtongue
- intertongue
- tonguectomy
- tonguelessly
- tonguefucker
- smoothtongue
- father tongue
- tonguelessness