noun, masculine/lenˈɡwaxe/plural: lenguajes
language (the ability to communicate using words); language (a body of words, and set of methods of combining them, understood by a community); language (the expression of thought (the communication of meaning) in a specified way); vocabulary
“El japonés que se habla también depende del género. Hay un lenguaje “rudo” para los hombres y otro más “femenino” para las mujeres, pero debes entender ambos.”
Synonyms: idioma, lengua, jerga, vocabulario
Inherited from Old Spanish lenguage, borrowed from Old French language or Old Occitan lenguatge, both from Vulgar Latin *linguāticum, derived from Latin lingua. By surface analysis, lengua + -aje. Cognate with English language.