Meaning of език | Babel Free

Definitions

1. tongue (the flexible muscular organ in the mouth that is used to move food around, for tasting and that is moved into various positions to modify the flow of air from the lungs in order to produce different sounds in speech)
2. tongue (such an organ, as taken from animals and used for food)
   countable
3. tongue, strip (object with an elongated shape resembling a tongue)
   figuratively
4. tongue (flap under the laces of a shoe)
5. tongue, snout (of a glacier)
6. clapper, tongue (metal part inside a bell that makes sound)
7. catch, pawl, reed, tongue (moveable metal strip or pin in mechanisms, locks, or traps)
8. plowshare point (pointed part of a plow)
   dialectal
9. language (system of communication)
10. language, style, diction, jargon (manner of expression or specific vocabulary)
11. speech, tongue (ability to speak)
    uncountable
12. code, language (sign system for transmitting information)
13. tongue, prisoner (captured for interrogation)
    slang
14. people, nation, tribe
    archaic, literary

Equivalents

Examples

“Ле́карят гле́даше ези́ка му.”

The doctor was looking at his tongue.

“изпле́зен ези́к”

stuck-out tongue

“си́ни ези́ци”

blue tongues (of animals)

“гове́жди ези́к”

beef tongue

“пу́шен ези́к”

smoked tongue

“ези́к соте́”

sautéed tongue

“о́гнени ези́ци”

tongues of fire

“ези́ци на мъгла́та”

tongues of fog

“зеле́н ези́к от трева́”

green strip of grass

“Скъ́са се ези́кът на обу́вката ми.”

The tongue of my shoe tore.

“желе́зен ези́к на камба́на”

iron clapper of a bell

“ези́к на капа́н”

catch of a trap

“Около тебе звучи български език.”

The Bulgarian language sounds around you.

“Този момък знае всичките славянски езици.”

This lad knows all the Slavic languages.

“поетически език”

poetic language

“разговорен език”

colloquial language

“Той говореше на прост, достъпен език.”

He spoke in simple, accessible language.

“Той си възвърна изгубения ум и език.”

He regained his lost mind and tongue (speech).

“машинен език”

machine language

“Езикът на фактите е по-ясен от думите.”

The language of facts is clearer than words.

“език на животните”

language of animals

“Уловихме език.”

We caught a tongue (prisoner).

“Възрадвайте се, вси езици!”

Rejoice, all peoples!

CEFR level