English Dictionary

language

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈlæŋɡwɪd͡ʒ/

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞 比喩的用法

(countable) A body of words, and set of methods of combining them (called a grammar), understood by a community and used as a form of communication.

日本語の意味

言語：単語や文法の体系で、特定のコミュニティが理解し、意思疎通に利用する、言葉の集合体。

Each language has its own vocabulary and grammar that shapes how its speakers think.

それぞれの言語には語彙や文法が独自にあり、それが話者の考え方に影響を与えます。

意味（1）

(countable) A body of words, and set of methods of combining them (called a grammar), understood by a community and used as a form of communication.

The English language and the German language are related.

意味（2）

(uncountable) The ability to communicate using words.

the gift of language

意味（3）

(uncountable) A sublanguage: the slang of a particular community or jargon of a particular specialist field.

Thus, when he drew up instructions in lawyer language, he expressed the important words by an initial, a medial, or a final consonant, and made scratches for all the words between; his clerks, however, understood him very well.

意味（4）

(countable, uncountable, figuratively) The expression of thought (the communication of meaning) in a specified way; that which communicates something, as language does.

body language; the language of the eyes

意味（5）

(countable, uncountable) A body of sounds, signs and/or signals by which animals communicate, and by which plants are sometimes also thought to communicate.

A more likely hypothesis was that the attacked leaves were transmitting some airborne chemical signal to sound the alarm, rather like insects sending out warnings […] But this is the first time that a plant-to-plant language has been detected.

意味（6）

(computing, countable) A computer language; a machine language.

In fact pointers are called references in these languages to distinguish them from pointers in languages like C and C++.

意味（7）

(uncountable) Manner of expression.

Their language simple, as their manners meek, […]

意味（8）

(uncountable) The particular words used in a speech or a passage of text.

The language used in the law does not permit any other interpretation.

意味（9）

(uncountable) Profanity.

Where the hell is Horace? ¶ There he is. He's coming. You shouldn't use language.

languages （ plural ）