taal — meaning in English

English meaning

• contumely noun Offensive and abusive language or behaviour; scorn, insult.
• language noun A system of words and grammar used by a community to communicate.

Senses

taal is used for these senses in English:

• contumely Offensive and abusive language or behaviour; scorn, insult.
• language (countable) A body of words, and set of methods of combining them (called a grammar), understood by a community and used as a form of communication.
• language (uncountable) The ability to communicate using words.
• language (uncountable) A sublanguage: the slang of a particular community or jargon of a particular specialist field.
• language (computing, countable) A computer language; a machine language.

language — full definition

1. noun A system of words and grammar used by a community to communicate.
2. noun The particular style, wording, or tone used in speech or writing.
3. noun A system of symbols and rules used to write computer programs.
4. noun Strong or offensive words; swearing.

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