lingual Meaning, Definition & Usage

noun a consonant that is produced with the tongue and other speech organs
adjective consisting of or related to language
linguistic.
- linguistic behavior
- a linguistic atlas
- lingual diversity
adjective pertaining to or resembling or lying near the tongue
- lingual inflammation
- the lingual surface of the teeth

L. lingua tongue: cf. F. lingual. See Tongue, and cf. Language.

Of or pertaining to the tongue; uttered by the aid of the tongue; glossal; as, the lingual nerves; a lingual letter.

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. ✍ In Sanskrit grammar certain letters, as t, th, d, dh, 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.