langage

Alternative forms

• language (archaic or misspelling)

Etymology

From Middle French language, from Old French language, from Vulgar Latin *linguaticum (corresponding to langue + -age), from Latin lingua (“tongue, speech, language”), from Old Latin dingua, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s (“tongue, speech, language”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɑ̃.ɡaʒ/

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Noun

langage m (plural langages)

1. language: word choice and usage

   Surveille ton langage!

   Watch your language!

2. (computing) programming language

Further reading

• “langage” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Alternative forms

• language, langag, langwache

Etymology

From Old French language; from Vulgar Latin *linguāticum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lanˈɡaːd͡ʒ(ə)/, /lanˈɡwaːd͡ʒ(ə)/

Noun

langage (plural langages)

1. language, tongue, speech
2. dialect, idiom, local speech
3. discussion, talk
4. country (with a shared language)

Noun

langage m (oblique plural langages, nominative singular langages, nominative plural langage)

1. Alternative form of language
   • circa 1155, Wace, Le Roman de Brut:

     Si savoit parler mains langages

     He knew how to speak many languages