lingualis

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Unadapted borrowing from New Latin linguālis, ellipsis of mūsculus linguālis (lingual muscle). Doublet of lingual.

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Noun[edit]

lingualis (plural linguales)

  1. (anatomy) A longitudinal band of muscular fibres, situated on the undersurface of the tongue, lying in the interval between the hyoglossus and the geniohyoglossus, and extending from the base to the apex of the organ.

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From lingua (the tongue) +‎ -ālis (-al, adjectival suffix).

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Adjective[edit]

linguālis (neuter linguāle); third-declension two-termination adjective (Medieval Latin)

  1. lingual
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Inflection[edit]

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative linguālis linguāle linguālēs linguālia
Genitive linguālis linguālium
Dative linguālī linguālibus
Accusative linguālem linguāle linguālēs
linguālīs
linguālia
Ablative linguālī linguālibus
Vocative linguālis linguāle linguālēs linguālia

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