noun

tongue

Translation

tongue, language, speech

I burned my tongue on the hot soup.

I burnt my tongue on the hot soup.

English is my native tongue.

((one's)) tongue referring to the body part He stuck out his tongue.

((one's)) native tongue referring to language What is your native tongue?

Synonyms: language, dialect, speech

From Old English 'tunge'. Related to Latin 'lingua'.

Many languages use the same word for the body part and for 'language' (e.g., French 'langue', Spanish 'lengua').