lingue
French, noun/lɛ̃ɡ/
lingue is spelled L-I-N-G-U-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written French, the 91,528th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lingue is a French feminine noun meaning “ling (fish)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Poisson osseux marin de profondeur, très allongé, à deux nageoires dorsales et une anale, comestible, vivant…”.
What does lingue mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineling (fish)
- 2
feminineslangknife
suffix
- 1
-lingual
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
suffix: 1. Sert à former des adjectifs et exprimant l’idée de langue.
noun: 1. Poisson osseux marin de profondeur, très allongé, à deux nageoires dorsales et une anale, comestible, vivant principalement dans les mers du nord de l’Europe. 2. Lingue franche.
noun: 1. Couteau.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of lingue
- lingues plural
- élingue
- lingre
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lingue?
- /lɛ̃ɡ/
- \lɛ̃ɡ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is lingue in French?
lingue appears about once in every 8 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).