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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
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Langue
1. a type of language [n -S] - See also: language
Lexicographical Neighbors of Langue
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 ..."