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kieli — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • clapper noun The part inside a bell that swings and strikes it to make it ring.
  • course noun A structured series of lessons or lectures on a subject, often part of a qualification.
  • language noun A system of words and grammar used by a community to communicate.
  • linguistic adj Relating to language or the study of language.
  • parlance noun The particular way of speaking or set of terms used by a certain group, trade, or field.
  • string noun A thin cord or length of twisted thread, or a similar thin, flexible strand.
  • tang noun A sharp, distinctive taste or smell.
  • tongue noun The flexible muscular organ in the mouth used for tasting, moving food, and forming speech sounds.

Senses

kieli 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.
  • course (music) One or more strings on some musical instruments (such as the guitar, lute or vihuela): if multiple, then closely spaced, tuned in unison or octaves and intended to be played together.
  • 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 (uncountable) The particular words used in a speech or a passage of text.
  • lingual (anatomy, dentistry, relational) Related to, near, or on the side toward the tongue.
  • linguistic Of or relating to language.
  • parlance A certain way of speaking, of using words; especially that associated with a particular job or interest.

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.

course — full definition

  1. noun A structured series of lessons or lectures on a subject, often part of a qualification.
  2. noun The path or direction that something (like a ship, plane, river, or plan of action) follows.
  3. noun One of the separate parts of a meal, served one after another.
  4. verb To flow or move quickly, especially of liquid.

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