Pronunciation: ' shpräk ̱ -g ə - ˌ f l
Function: noun
Etymology: German, from Sprache language + Gefühl feeling
Date: 1894
1 : the character of a language
2 : an intuitive sense of what is linguistically appropriate
Pronunciation: ' shpräk ̱ -g ə - ˌ f l
Function: noun
Etymology: German, from Sprache language + Gefühl feeling
Date: 1894
1 : the character of a language
2 : an intuitive sense of what is linguistically appropriate
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012