langue fille
\lɑ̃ɡ fij\
The verdict
“langue fille” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Langue descendante (d’une langue donnée).
Corpus desk
Index FR-langue-fille · langue fille · French
langue fille · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | langue fille |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \lɑ̃ɡ fij\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « langue fille » en français
Rare enough to double-check
langue fille is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \lɑ̃ɡ fij\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Langue descendante (d’une langue donnée).".
Zero misspellings are on record for langue fille in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is langue fille, spelled L-A-N-G-U-E- -F-I-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Langue descendante (d’une langue donnée).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how langue fille appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On me citera peut-être les langues filles du latin, qui diffèrent dans leurs formes de celles dont elles sont dérivées.
La différence entre ces deux conceptions consiste en ce que, selon la thèse A, le latin vulgaire est une langue sœur du latin classique, alors que, selon la thèse B, le latin vulgaire est une langue fille du latin classique, c’est-à-dire que le latin vulgaire, différencié dans le temps et l’espace, constitue une étape intermédiaire entre le latin classiqu…
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.