LINGUAL

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A consonant that is produced with the tongue and other speech organs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("lingual" is a kind of...):

consonant (a speech sound that is not a vowel)

Meaning:

Pertaining to or resembling or lying near the tongue

Example:

the lingual surface of the teeth

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

tongue (a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity)

Derivation:

lingua (a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity)

Meaning:

Consisting of or related to language

Example:

lingual diversity

Synonyms:

lingual; linguistic

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

language (a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols)

Derivation:

lingua (a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity)