lingo

See also: Lingo and lìn-gò͘

English

Etymology

From Latin lingua (“language”) + -o (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈlɪŋ.ɡəʊ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈliŋ.ɡoʊ/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɪŋɡəʊ

Noun

lingo (countable and uncountable, plural lingos or lingoes)

1. (informal) Language, especially language peculiar to a particular group, field, or region; jargon or a dialect.
   • 1700, [William] Congreve, The Way of the World, a Comedy. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, Act III, scene xv, page 47:

     [...] I have Thoughts to tarry a ſmall Matter in Town, to learn ſomewhat of your Lingo firſt, before I croſs the Seas.

   • 1846, George W.M. Reynolds, The Mysteries of London, volume 1, London: George Vickers, page 327:

     "You see, ma'am, I can't divest myself of my professional lingo," observed Mr. Banks.

   • 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter XII, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y., London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:

     Nobody could make out plain what she said, for she was mainly jabbering Swede lingo, but there was English enough, of a kind, to give us some idee.

2. (Australian Aboriginal) An Aboriginal language.
   • 2018, Melissa Lucashenko, Too Much Lip, University of Queensland Press, published 2023, page 105:

     Granny Ava was the link: the last heathen of the family to speak the lingo fluently, before the Church waltzed in and jammed the Lord's Prayer in Granny Ruth's twelve-year-old mouth instead.

Derived terms

• kanto lingo

 

Translations

language peculiar to a particular group or region

Catalan: argot (ca) m Dutch: jargon (nl) n French: jargon (fr) m German: Jargon (de) m Ido: linguo (io) Italian: gergo (it) m Polish: narzecze (pl) n, żargon (pl) m Portuguese: jargão (pt) m Russian: жарго́н (ru) m (žargón) Sicilian: parrata (scn) f, calata f Spanish: jerga (es) f, germanía (es) f, argot (es) m Turkish: (linguistics) altdil, meslek dili Ukrainian: жарго́н (uk) m (žarhón)

Anagrams

• log in, Login, longi, login, long i, Olgin, Ligon, ligno-, log-in, Loing

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /liˈŋoʔ/ [l̪iˈŋoʔ]
• Hyphenation: li‧ngo

Noun

lingô (Basahan spelling ᜎᜒᜅᜓ)

1. stiff neck

   Grabe an lingo pakamata ko sa higdaan.

   (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *lingō, from Proto-Indo-European *leyǵʰ-. Cognate with Old Armenian լիզեմ (lizem) and English lick.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈlin.ɡoː/, [ˈlʲɪŋɡoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈlin.ɡo/, [ˈliŋɡo]

Verb

lingō (present infinitive lingere, perfect active līnxī, supine līnctum); third conjugation

1. to lick (up)

   Synonym: lambō

   • 86 CE – 103 CE, Martial, Epigrammata III.96:

     Lingis, non futuis meam puellam.

     You lick, but do not fuck my girl.

Conjugation

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	lingō	lingis	lingit	lingimus	lingitis	lingunt
	imperfect	lingēbam	lingēbās	lingēbat	lingēbāmus	lingēbātis	lingēbant
	future	lingam	lingēs	linget	lingēmus	lingētis	lingent
	perfect	līnxī	līnxistī	līnxit	līnximus	līnxistis	līnxērunt, līnxēre
	pluperfect	līnxeram	līnxerās	līnxerat	līnxerāmus	līnxerātis	līnxerant
	future perfect	līnxerō	līnxeris	līnxerit	līnxerimus	līnxeritis	līnxerint
passive	present	lingor	lingeris, lingere	lingitur	lingimur	lingiminī	linguntur
	imperfect	lingēbar	lingēbāris, lingēbāre	lingēbātur	lingēbāmur	lingēbāminī	lingēbantur
	future	lingar	lingēris, lingēre	lingētur	lingēmur	lingēminī	lingentur
	perfect	līnctus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	līnctus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	līnctus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	lingam	lingās	lingat	lingāmus	lingātis	lingant
imperfect	lingerem	lingerēs	lingeret	lingerēmus	lingerētis	lingerent
perfect	līnxerim	līnxerīs	līnxerit	līnxerīmus	līnxerītis	līnxerint
pluperfect	līnxissem	līnxissēs	līnxisset	līnxissēmus	līnxissētis	līnxissent
passive	present	lingar	lingāris, lingāre	lingātur	lingāmur	lingāminī	lingantur
imperfect	lingerer	lingerēris, lingerēre	lingerētur	lingerēmur	lingerēminī	lingerentur
perfect	līnctus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect	līnctus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	linge	—	—	lingite	—
	future	—	lingitō	lingitō	—	lingitōte	linguntō
passive	present	—	lingere	—	—	lingiminī	—
	future	—	lingitor	lingitor	—	—	linguntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		lingere	līnxisse	līnctūrum esse	lingī	līnctum esse	līnctum īrī
participles		lingēns	—	līnctūrus	—	līnctus	lingendus, lingundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		lingendī	lingendō	lingendum	lingendō	līnctum	līnctū

   Conjugation of lingō (third conjugation)

Derived terms

• cunnilingus
• dēlingō
• linctus

Related terms

• lingua (possibly in part)

Descendants

• Aromanian: alingu, alindziri, lingu
• Friulian: lenzi
• Romanian: linge, lingere
• Sicilian: aḍḍiccari, alliccari, lìngiri
• Sardinian: linghere

References

• “lingo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “lingo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• lingo in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• lingo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /liˈŋo/ [lɪˈŋo]
• Rhymes: -o
• Syllabification: li‧ngo

Noun

lingó (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜅᜓ)

1. assassination; treacherous killing

   Synonym: pang-aasesino

Derived terms

• manlilingo
• panlilingo

 

Anagrams

• ngilo, Liong, ilong