SkyfireDict

language   (TTS Sound)

The noun language has 6 senses

• language, linguistic communication -- (a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols; "he taught foreign languages"; "the language introduced is standard throughout the text"; "the speed with which a program can be executed depends on the language in which it is written")


• speech, speech communication, spoken communication, spoken language, language, voice communication, oral communication -- ((language) communication by word of mouth; "his speech was garbled"; "he uttered harsh language"; "he recorded the spoken language of the streets")


• lyric, words, language -- (the text of a popular song or musical-comedy number; "his compositions always started with the lyrics"; "he wrote both words and music"; "the song uses colloquial language")


• linguistic process, language -- (the cognitive processes involved in producing and understanding linguistic communication; "he didn't have the language to express his feelings")


• language, speech -- (the mental faculty or power of vocal communication; "language sets homo sapiens apart from all other animals")


• terminology, nomenclature, language -- (a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline; "legal terminology"; "biological nomenclature"; "the language of sociology")