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noun 
  1. (uncountable) The expression of an understanding — see http://www.ourcivilisation.com/undrstnd.htm "Language is Understanding"
  2. (countable) A system of communication using the spoken word or using symbols that represent words or sounds.
the English
  1. (uncountable) The ability to communicate using words.
the gift of
  1. (context, countable, or, uncountable) A nonverbal system of communication.
sign
  1. (context, computing, countable) A computer language.
  2. (uncountable) The vocabulary used in a particular specialist field.
legal
  1. (uncountable) The particular words used in speech or a passage of text.
The he used to talk to me was obscene.
The used in the law does not permit any other interpretation.
Translations: 
  • Dutch: taal
  • French: langage
  • German: Sprache
  • Italian: linguaggio
  • Spanish: lenguaje
Etymology: From langage, from
  • linguaticum, from linguaLatin, lingua, tongue, speech, language, from Old Latin dingua, from Proto-Indo-European
  • dnghwa-, tongue, speech, language


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