# lingual
## English
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin linguālis, from lingua (“the tongue; a language, speech”) +‎ -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix); equivalent to lingua +‎ -al. Doublet of lingualis.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈlɪŋ.ɡwəl/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (General American) IPA: /ˈlɪŋ.ɡwəl/, /ˈlɪŋ.ɡju.əl/
Rhymes: -ɪŋɡwəl, -ɪŋɡjuəl

### Adjective

lingual (not comparable)
* (anatomy, dentistry, relational) Related to, near, or on the side toward the tongue.
    Synonym: (rare) glossal
** (phonetics) Articulated with the tongue.
* (linguistics, relational) Related to language or linguistics.
    Synonym: linguistic

#### Synonyms

* tonguely

#### Coordinate terms

* anterior
* apical
* apicocoronal
* axial
* buccal
* buccoapical
* buccocervical
* buccogingival
* buccolabial
* buccolingual
* bucco-occlusal
* buccopalatal
* cervical
* coronal
* coronoapical
* distal
* distoapical
* distobuccal
* distocclusal
* distocervical
* distoclusal
* distocoronal
* distofacial
* distogingival
* distoincisal
* distolingual
* disto-occlusal
* distopalatal
* facial
* gingival
* incisal
* incisocervical
* inferior
* labial
* lingual
* linguobuccal
* linguo-occlusal
* mandibular
* maxillary
* mesial
* mesioapical
* mesiobuccal
* mesiocclusal
* mesiocervical
* mesioclusal
* mesiocoronal
* mesiodistal
* mesiofacial
* mesiogingival
* mesioincisal
* mesiolingual
* mesio-occlusal
* mesiopalatal
* occlusal
* palatal
* posterior
* proximal
* superior
* vestibular

#### Derived terms

* linguality
* lingualize
* lingually
* alveololingual
* ambilingual
* anterolingual
* apicolingual
* audiolingual
* axiolingual
* bilingual
* brevilingual
* buccolingual
* cervicolingual
* colingual
* crosslingual
* dentilingual
* distolingual
* dorsolingual
* equilingual
* exolingual
* faciolingual
* fissilingual
* gingivolingual
* heptalingual
* heterolingual
* homolingual
* hyolingual
* interlingual
* intralingual
* labiolingual
* laterolingual
* matrilingual
* mediolingual
* mesiolingual
* mesolingual
* metalingual
* metrolingual
* midlingual
* monolingual
* multilingual
* octolingual
* omnilingual
* orolingual
* panlingual
* paralingual
* pentalingual
* perilingual
* plurilingual
* polylingual
* posterolingual
* postlingual
* prelingual
* protolingual
* quadrilingual
* quinquelingual
* retrolingual
* semilingual
* sesquilingual
* sublingual
* tetralingual
* translingual
* trilingual
* unilingual
* ventrolingual
* vestibulolingual
* lingual artery
* lingual bone
* lingual nerve
* lingual tonsil

#### Translations
### Noun

lingual (plural linguals)
* (phonetics) A sound articulated with the tongue.

#### Coordinate terms

* alveolar
* dental
* glottal
* labial
* nasal
* palatal
* pharyngeal
* velar

#### Translations
### References

* “lingual”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
* “lingual”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

### Anagrams

* Luliang, Lüliang, lingula

## French
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin linguālis.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

lingual (feminine linguale, masculine plural linguaux, feminine plural linguales)
* lingual

#### Descendants

* → Romanian: lingual

### Further reading

* “lingual”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## German
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin linguālis, from Latin lingua (“tongue, speech”).

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -aːl

### Adjective

lingual (strong nominative masculine singular lingualer, not comparable)
* (relational) tongue; lingual
* (relational) language; lingual, linguistic
    Synonym: sprachlich

#### Derived terms

* audiolingual
* bilingual
* extralingual
* interlingual
* intralingual
* monolingual
* multilingual
* paralingual
* perlingual
* plurilingual
* sublingual
* trilingual

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin linguālis, from Latin lingua (“tongue, speech”) + -ālis.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /lĩˈɡwaw/ [lĩˈɡwaʊ̯]
* (Portugal) IPA: /lĩˈɡwal/ [lĩˈɡwaɫ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /lĩˈɡwal/ [lĩˈɡwaɫ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /lĩˈɡwa.li/
* Rhymes: -al, -aw
* Hyphenation: lin‧gual

### Adjective

lingual m or f (plural linguais)
* (anatomy) lingual (relating to the tongue)
* (phonetics) lingual (articulated with the tongue)

#### Related terms

* língua

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French lingual, from Medieval Latin linguālis.

### Adjective

lingual m or n (feminine singular linguală, masculine plural linguali, feminine and neuter plural linguale)
* lingual

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin linguālis, from Latin lingua (“tongue, speech”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /linˈɡwal/ [lĩŋˈɡwal]
* Rhymes: -al
* Syllabification: lin‧gual

### Adjective

lingual m or f (masculine and feminine plural linguales)
* lingual

#### Derived terms

* sublingual

#### Related terms

* lengua

### Further reading

* “lingual”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10