Definition of Langue

1. Noun. (linguistics) Language as a system rather than language in use, including the formal rules, structures, and limitations of language. ¹

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Definition of Langue

1. a type of language [n -S] - See also: language

Lexicographical Neighbors of Langue

language requirement
language school
language swap
language system
language teaching
language tests
language therapy
language unit
language zone
languaged
languageless
languagelessness
languagelike
languages
languaging
langue (current term)
langued
languente
langues
languet
languets
languette
languettes
languid
languidly
languidness
languidnesses
languish
languished
languisher

Literary usage of Langue

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1908)
"... and of the Venerable langue of England,' and he held various offices in the reconstituted ' langue ' (synoptical sketch of the order, London, 1856). ..."

2. The Monist by Hegeler Institute (1904)
"HISTOIRE DE LA langue UNIVERSELLE. Par L. Couturat, docteur es lettres, ... of the " Delegation pour l'adoption d'une langue auxiliar? internationale. ..."

3. The Edinburgh Review by Sydney Smith (1848)
"In the eleventh century, the river Loire was the boundary between two distinct dialects, the langue (foe and the langue (foil; both derived from a common ..."

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