| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| lingual |
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| SYLLABICATION: | lin·gual |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  l ng gw l |
| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Of, relating to, or situated near the tongue or a tonguelike organ. 2. Linguistics Pronounced with the tongue in conjunction with other organs of speech. 3. Of languages; linguistic: lingual diversity. | | NOUN: | Linguistics A sound, such as (t), (l), and (n), that is pronounced with the tongue and other organs of speech. | | OTHER FORMS: | lingual·ly —ADVERB
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