♦ language

♦ language
♦ language /ˈlæŋgwɪdʒ/
n.
1 [uc] lingua; linguaggio; idioma: foreign languages, lingue straniere; technical language, linguaggio tecnico; the language of poetry, il linguaggio poetico; dead languages, lingue morte; DIALOGO → -Considering an evening course- I'm no good at languages, non sono portato per le lingue; first language, lingua madre; madrelingua; strong language, linguaggio violento (o volgare); bad language, linguaggio scorretto (o sboccato); filthy (o foul) language, linguaggio scurrile (o osceno); turpiloquio; profane language, parole irriverenti; bestemmie; to use emotive language, usare un linguaggio carico di emozione; native language, lingua madre; idioma nativo; to master a language, conoscere a fondo una lingua
2 [u] favella; parola; capacità di parlare: Animals do not possess language, gli animali non possiedono la favella
3 [u] (comput.) linguaggio: programming language, linguaggio di programmazione; low-level language, linguaggio di basso livello
4 formule (pl.); espressioni (pl.); formulazioni (pl.)
● (comput.) language encoding, codifica della lingua (di una pagina Web) □ language laboratory (o lab), laboratorio linguistico □ (comput.) language neutral, indipendente dalla lingua □ language pedagogy, glottodidattica □ language pollution, imbastardimento della lingua □ language skills, le facoltà della parola □ (comput.) language translator, traduttore automatico □ in anybody's language, per chiunque; sotto tutti i punti di vista □ (fig.) to speak the same language, parlare lo stesso linguaggio □ to use bad language, usare un linguaggio volgare (o da trivio).

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