Tongued — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

articulate by tonguing, as when playing wind instruments

lick or explore with the tongue

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/tˈʌŋd/

🇬🇧British English

/tˈʌŋd/

🇮🇳Indian English

/tˈʌŋd/

2 syllables Say it as /tˈʌŋd/.

Examples

tongued shoes
tongued boards
toungued lightning

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

tongue

Antonyms

tongueless

Parts of Speech

verb	articulate by tonguing, as when playing wind instruments
verb	lick or explore with the tongue
adjective	provided with or resembling a tongue; often used in combination “tongued shoes”
adjective	having a manner of speaking as specified; often used in combination “golden-tongued”

Word Forms

tongue

noun

a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

gezungen

mit der Zunge artikulieren, wie beim Spielen von Blasinstrumenten

🇫🇷French

langue

articuler en parlant, comme lorsque l'on joue des instruments à vent

🇪🇸Spanish

lenguado

Articularse mediante la lengua, como cuando se tocan instrumentos de viento.

🇮🇹Italian

linguato

articolare con la lingua, come quando si suonano strumenti a fiato

🇳🇱Dutch

tong

articuleren door te tongen, zoals bij het bespelen van blaasinstrumenten

🇵🇹Portuguese

língua

articular pela língua, como ao tocar instrumentos de sopro

🇷🇺Russian

язык

артикулировать языком, как при игре на духовых инструментах

India

🇮🇳Hindi

चातुर

जीभ से बोलना, जैसे वायु वाद्ययंत्र बजाते समय

🇧🇩Bengali

জিহ্বা

জিহ্বা দ্বারা উচ্চারণ করা, যেমন বায়ু যন্ত্র বাজানো

🇮🇳Tamil

நாக்கு

காற்றின் இசைக்கருவிகளை வாசிப்பது போல, நாக்கின் மூலம் உச்சரிக்கவும்

🇮🇳Telugu

నాలుకగల

గాలి వాయిద్యాలను వాయించేటప్పుడు నాలుకతో ఉచ్చరించండి

🇮🇳Marathi

जिभेदार

वाऱ्याची वाद्ये वाजवताना जीभ लावून बोलणे

🇮🇳Gujarati

જીભવાળું

જીભ દ્વારા ઉચ્ચાર કરો, જેમ કે પવનનાં સાધનો વગાડતા હોય ત્યારે

🇮🇳Kannada

ನಾಲಿಗೆಯ

ಗಾಳಿ ವಾದ್ಯಗಳನ್ನು ನುಡಿಸುವಾಗ ನಾಲಿಗೆಯ ಮೂಲಕ ಉಚ್ಚರಿಸುತ್ತಾರೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

നാവുള്ള

കാറ്റ് വാദ്യങ്ങൾ വായിക്കുമ്പോൾ എന്നപോലെ നാവുകൊണ്ട് ഉച്ചരിക്കുക

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਜੀਭ

ਜੀਭ ਨਾਲ ਬੋਲਣਾ, ਜਿਵੇਂ ਕਿ ਹਵਾ ਦੇ ਯੰਤਰ ਵਜਾਉਂਦੇ ਸਮੇਂ

🇵🇰Urdu

بے زبان

زبان سے بولنا، جیسے ہوا کے آلات بجاتے وقت

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

舌头

通过舌头发音，如演奏管乐器时

🇯🇵Japanese

舌打ちした

管楽器を演奏するときのように、タンギングによって発音する

🇰🇷Korean

혀를 가진

관악기를 연주할 때처럼 혀로 표현하기

🇻🇳Vietnamese

có lưỡi

phát âm bằng lưỡi, như khi chơi nhạc cụ hơi

🇹🇭Thai

ลิ้น

พูดด้วยลิ้นเหมือนเล่นเครื่องลม

🇮🇩Indonesian

berlidah

mengartikulasikan dengan lidah, seperti saat memainkan alat musik tiup

🇵🇭Filipino

naka dila

nakapagsasalita sa pamamagitan ng dila, tulad ng kapag tumutugtog ng mga instrumento ng hangin

🇲🇾Malay

berlidah

bercakap dengan lidah, seperti semasa bermain alat tiup

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

لسان

يتم التعبير عن طريق اللسان، كما هو الحال عند العزف على الآلات النفخية

🇮🇷Persian

زبان دار

مانند هنگام نواختن سازهای بادی، با زبان بیان کنید

🇹🇷Turkish

dilli

nefesli çalgılar çalarken olduğu gibi dil kullanarak ifade etmek

🇮🇱Hebrew

לשון

לבטא על ידי לשון, כמו כאשר מנגנים בכלי נשיפה

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The primary meaning of 'tongued' is 'articulate by tonguing, as when playing wind instruments'.

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Using 'tongued' in a noun/adjective form makes the first sentence correct.

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