γλώσσα
Greek (Cypriot)
/ˈɣlosa/
noun
Definitions
- (anatomy) tongue muscular organ in the mouth used to eat and speak
- (linguistics) language, tongue words and methods of combining them understood by a community and used as a form of communication
- sole Solea solea, a flatfish of the family Soleidae
Etymology
Inherited from Ancient Greek γλῶσσα (tongue, language, an obsolete foreign word requiring explanation).
Origin
Ancient Greek
γλῶσσα
Gloss
tongue, language, an obsolete foreign word requiring explanation
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
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Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -glossia English
- glossology English
- diplo- Latin
- glossarium Latin
- glossārium Latin
- glōssa Latin
- Glossopteris French
- βούγλωσσον Ancient Greek
- γλωσσοκομεῖον Ancient Greek
- γλωσσοπέτρα Ancient Greek
- γλῶσσα Ancient Greek
- κυνόγλωσσον Ancient Greek
- πικρόγλωσσος Ancient Greek
- πολύγλωσσος Ancient Greek
- τανύγλωσσος Ancient Greek
- ἀρνόγλωσσον Ancient Greek
- γλωσσικός Greek (modern)
- δίγλωσσος Greek (modern)
- *glóťťā Proto-Hellenic
- γρούσσα Tsakonian