English → Arabic
tongue in Arabic
- Pronunciation
- luġah
- Arabizi
lugha- Type
- noun · feminine
- Plural
- اللُّغَاتُ al‑luġātu
- Root
- ل غ ي
How to use it
“Tongue” in English can mean the organ or a language. In Arabic, the organ is “اللِّسَانُ” (al‑lisān), while “اللغة” (al‑luġah) is used for a language. Use the latter when you talk about French, English, etc.
Example sentences
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اللُّغَةُ هِيَ وَسِيلَةٌ لِلتَّواصُلِ
al‑luġatu hiya wasīlatun lit‑tawāṣuli
Language is a means of communication
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أُحِبُّ تَعَلُّمَ اللُّغَاتِ
uḥibbu taʿalluma al‑luġāti
I love learning languages
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تَكَلَّمْ بِاللُّغَةِ العَرَبِيَّةِ
takallam bi‑al‑luġati al‑ʿarabiyyati
Speak Arabic
Examples from real texts
Sentences taken from published bilingual texts (subtitles, documents). They show the word in context and are not reviewed one by one.
Mother tongue: Danish
اللغة الأم: الدانمركية.
Italian: mother tongue
الإيطاليــة: اللغة الأم.
French (mother tongue).
اللغة الأم: الفرنسية
German (mother tongue).
الألمانية (اللغة الأم)
Land, nation and tongue
" الأرض، الأمة واللغة الأم
• Malagasy: mother tongue
• الملغاشية: اللغة الأم
The dip burned my tongue.
الصلصة حرقت لساني.
Watch out for your tongue.
انتبه لما تتفوه به.
What is your mother tongue?
ما هي لغتك الأم؟
My mother tongue is Polish.
لغتي الأم البولندية.
Berber is my mother tongue.
الأمازيغية هي لغتي الأم.
Spanish is her mother tongue.
الأسبانية هي لغتها الأم.
Questions and answers
What is the Arabic word for the organ “tongue”?
It is “اللِّسَانُ” (al‑lisān).
Can “اللغة” be used for any language?
Yes, you add the language name after it, e.g., “اللغة العربية”.
Related words and expressions
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