langue
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9.9
- noun
- /læŋɡ/
- The restaurant serves grilled beef langue as a delicacy on its menu.
Examples
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In French cuisine, langue is often braised and served with rich sauces.
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Chef Maria prepared a savory dish with langue that delighted her guests.
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We have it palpably in our mouths; it is our langue, our tongue.
Academic text (1997) -
And moving on, our favorite Honduran sauce maker is back in the Four Spot Baby Chili Langue de Fuego.
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To become a full-fledged knight, called a Knight of Justice or Cavaliere di Giustizia, required proving noble ancestry as far back as sixteen quarters (four generations), depending on the langue.
Academic text (2012)
Synonyms
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3.4
A cow's tongue that is cooked and eaten as meat
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9.9
A part made of muscle in the mouth of animals or humans that helps you taste and speak
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9.9
A soft muscle in the mouth that can move and helps you taste and speak
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8.5
A cooked tongue from a young cow that is eaten as food
Compounds
- Literature
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A group of old French dialects once spoken in southern France that use oc for yes
- Specialized
A group of old French dialects spoken in northern and central France in the Middle Ages
- Specialized
A group of old French dialects spoken in northern and central France that used 'oïl' for yes
Surface Forms
Etymology
Langue comes from the French and Latin lingua, which means 'tongue'. As a food word, langue simply means the tongue of an animal that people eat, like Spanish 'lengua' tacos, so the origin is literally the same 'tongue'.