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Meaning of tonge | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

  1. A place in England:
    countable, uncountable
  2. A river in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, which becomes the River Croal before joining the River Irwell.
    countable, uncountable
  3. Obsolete spelling of tongue.
    alt-of, obsolete
  4. A village and civil parish in Swale district, Kent (OS grid ref TQ9363).
    countable, uncountable
  5. A hamlet in Breedon on the Hill parish, North West Leicestershire district, Leicestershire (OS grid ref SK4123).
    countable, uncountable
  6. A surname.
    countable, uncountable

Examples

“Or plaine and perfite way of teachyng children, to vnderstand, write, and speake, the Latin tong, but specially purposed for the priuate brynging vp of youth in Ientlemen and Noble mens houses, and commodious also for all such, as haue forgot the Latin tonge, and would, by themselues, without a Scholemaster, in short tyme, and with small paines, recouer a sufficient habilitie, to vnderstand, write, and speake Latin.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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