'Lingual' definitions:
Definition of 'lingual'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Consisting of or related to language; "linguistic behavior"; "a linguistic atlas"; "lingual diversity" [syn: linguistic, lingual] [ant: nonlinguistic]
adjective
Pertaining to or resembling or lying near the tongue; "lingual inflammation"; "the lingual surface of the teeth"
noun
A consonant that is produced with the tongue and other speech organs
Definition of 'Lingual'
From: GCIDE
- Lingual \Lin"gual\ (l[i^][ng]"gwal), a. [L. lingua tongue: cf. F. lingual. See Tongue, and cf. Language.]
- 1. Of or pertaining to the tongue; uttered by the aid of the tongue; glossal; as, the lingual nerves; a lingual letter. [1913 Webster]
- 2. lying near the tongue; especially, in dentistry, on the surface of the tooth next to the tongue. Contrasted with buccal, the side of a tooth touching the cheek, i. e. the side opposite to the lingual side. [PJC]
- Lingual ribbon. (Zool.) See Odontophore. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Lingual'
From: GCIDE
- Lingual \Lin"gual\, n. A consonant sound formed by the aid of the tongue; -- a term especially applied to certain articulations (as those of t, d, th, and n) and to the letters denoting them. [1913 Webster]
- Note: In Sanskrit grammar certain letters, as [.t], [.t]h, [dsdot], [dsdot]h, [.n], are called linguals, cerebrals, or cacuminals. They are uttered with the tip of the tongue turned up and drawn back into the dome of the palate. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'lingual'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accented,
- alveolar,
- apical,
- apico-alveolar,
- apico-dental,
- articulated,
- assimilated,
- back,
- barytone,
- bilabial,
- broad,
- cacuminal,
- central,
- cerebral,
- checked,
- close,
- consonant,
- consonantal,
- continuant,
- dental,
- descriptive,
- dissimilated,
- dorsal,
- enunciated,
- flat,
- front,
- glide,
- glossal,
- glottal,
- glottochronological,
- grammatic,
- graphemic,
- guttural,
- hard,
- heavy,
- high,
- intonated,
- labial,
- labiodental,
- labiovelar,
- lateral,
- lax,
- lexicographic,
- lexicological,
- lexicostatistical,
- light,
- linguiform,
- linguistic,
- lingulate,
- liquid,
- low,
- metalinguistic,
- mid,
- monophthongal,
- morphological,
- morphophonemic,
- muted,
- narrow,
- nasal,
- nasalized,
- nuncupative,
- occlusive,
- open,
- oral,
- oxytone,
- palatal,
- palatalized,
- parol,
- pharyngeal,
- pharyngealized,
- philological,
- phonemic,
- phonetic,
- phonic,
- phonological,
- pitch,
- pitched,
- posttonic,
- pronounced,
- psycholinguistic,
- retroflex,
- rounded,
- said,
- semantic,
- semivowel,
- soft,
- sonant,
- sounded,
- speech,
- spoken,
- stopped,
- stressed,
- strong,
- structural,
- surd,
- syllabic,
- syntactic,
- tense,
- thick,
- throaty,
- tonal,
- tonguelike,
- tonic,
- twangy,
- unaccented,
- unrounded,
- unstressed,
- unwritten,
- uttered,
- velar,
- verbal,
- viva voce,
- vocal,
- vocalic,
- vocalized,
- vocoid,
- voiced,
- voiceful,
- voiceless,
- vowel,
- vowellike,
- weak,
- wide