γλώσσα
Pronunciation: /ˈɣlo.sa/
“γλώσσα” is a Greek word. Its 6 meanings in English:
noun
- tongue (muscular organ in the mouth used to eat and speak)
- tongue (the flap of material that goes between the laces and the foot)
- tongue (an individual point of flame from a fire)
- tongue (a long, narrow strip of land, projecting from the mainland into a sea or lake)
- 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
From Ancient Greek γλῶσσα (glôssa). Cognate with Mariupol Greek гло́са (hlósa) and Tsakonian γρούσσα (groússa).
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