ези́к — meaning in English

English meaning

• clapper noun The part inside a bell that swings and strikes it to make it ring.
• glossa noun The tongue, or lingua, especially of an insect.
• language noun A system of words and grammar used by a community to communicate.
• pawl noun A pivoted catch designed to fall into a notch on a ratchet wheel so as to allow movement in only one direction (e.g. on a windlass or in a clock mechanism), or alternatively to move the wheel in one direction.
• tongue noun The flexible muscular organ in the mouth used for tasting, moving food, and forming speech sounds.

Senses

ези́к is used for these senses in English:

• clapper An object so suspended inside a bell that it may hit the bell and cause it to ring; a clanger or tongue.
• glossa (zoology) The tongue, or lingua, especially of an insect.

clapper — full definition

1. noun The part inside a bell that swings and strikes it to make it ring.
2. noun The hinged board on a clapperboard, used at the start of a film take to sync sound and picture.
3. noun Someone who claps or applauds.

glossa — full definition

1. noun The tongue, or lingua, especially of an insect.
2. noun Unintelligible ecstatic speech.

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