# languette

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. Alternative form of languet.
2. Alternative form of languet.
3. Synonym of lingula.
4. Synonym of lingula.
5. A tongue-shaped design used to decorate Ancient Greek pottery.
6. A type of decorative hood used on a woman's bodice in the seventeenth century.
7. The tongue of a reed on a harmonium.
8. An elongated samara that occurs alone.
9. A valve flap associated with the byssus of a mollusk.

## Etymology
From Old French languete (modern French languette), diminutive of langue (“tongue”), from Latin lingua.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/languette