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Meaning of linguistics | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
lɪŋˈɡwɪstɪks

Definitions

  1. The systematic and scholarly study of language.
    uncountable
  2. feminine singular of lingüístico

Equivalents

Български езикознание
Català lingüística
Cymraeg ieithyddiaeth
Ελληνικά γλωσσολογία
Español lingüística
Eesti keeleteadus
Français linguistique
Gaeilge teangeolaíocht
Galego lingüística
עברית בלשנות
Íslenska málvísindi
Italiano linguistica
日本語 言語学
한국어 언어학
Кыргызча тилбилим
Македонски лингвистика
Bahasa Melayu linguistik
မြန်မာဘာသာ ဘာသာဗေဒ
پښتو ژبپوهنه
Português linguística
Română lingvistică
Slovenčina jazykoveda
Slovenščina jezikoslovje
Kiswahili isimu
தமிழ் மொழியியல்
Тоҷикӣ забоншиносӣ
ئۇيغۇرچە تىلشۇناسلىق
اردو لسانیات
Oʻzbekcha tilshunoslik
Tiếng Việt ngôn ngữ học

Examples

“a branch of linguistics”
“to study linguistics”
“By the end of the century, the APS’s membership included the leaders of the American anthropological establishment, whose primary investigative interests were the ethnography, linguistics, archeology, and physical anthropology of the American Indian, within a theoretical structure that was essentially historical.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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