Oxford Dictionary English langue nounnoun BrE BrE//lɒ̃ɡ// ; NAmE NAmE//lɑːŋɡ// (linguistics, from French) Add to my wordlistjump to other results a language considered as a communication system of a particular community, rather than the way individual people speak compare parole Word Origin1920s: French, from Latin lingua ‘language, tongue’.See langue in the Oxford Advanced American DictionaryCheck pronunciation: langue oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com