lingual
adjective/ˈlɪŋɡwəl/
/ˈlɪŋɡwəl/
- (anatomy) related to the tongue
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- (specialist) related to speech or language
- (phonetics) (of a speech sound) produced using the tongue
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from medieval Latin lingualis, from Latin lingua ‘tongue, language’.
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