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tongue noun

1. gen langue f;
   to stick one's ~ out at sb tirer la langue à qn;
   to lose one's ~ figurative avaler sa langue;

2. (on shoe) languette f.

IDIOMS:

I have his name on the tip of my ~ j'ai son nom sur le bout de la langue;
a slip of the ~ un lapsus.

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'tongue' found in these entries:

English:

click - loll - mother tongue - native - poke - put - sharp - slip - stick - tip - tongue-in-cheek - tongue stud - tongue-tied - tongue-twister - wicked

French:

claquement - délier - dessous - fourcher - langue - languette - mordre - passer - retenir - sortir - vipère

tongue: WordReference English-French Dictionary © 2009

Principal Translations
tongue	(part of body)	nf	langue
tongue	(of shoe)	nf	languette (sur une chaussure)
Additional Translations:
tongue		nf	langue (de terre de flamme)
tongue		nf	langue (langage)
tongue		nf	langue (alimentation)
tongue		v	détacher ⇒ (en musique les notes les passages)
Compound Forms/Formes composées
hold one's tongue		v	tenir sa langue
long tongue			grande langue
long-tongue		adj	grande langue
mother tongue			langue maternelle
native tongue			langue maternelle
slip of the tongue		nm	lapsus (psychologie)
tongue and groove		adj	à rainure et languette
tongue depressor		nm	abaisse-langue
tongue in cheek		adj	ironique (sarcastique, railleur)
tongue of a shoe		nf	languette
tongue twister			difficile à prononcer (phrase amusante pour exercice de diction)
tongue-lashing		v	remarques cinglantes
tongue-tied		nm	muet
with tongue in cheek			en plaisantant
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