transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈlaŋ-gwij, -wij ]
noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French langage, from lange, langue tongue, language, from Latin lingua — more at tongue
Date: 14th century
1.
a. : the words, their pronunciation, and the methods of combining them used and understood by a community
b.
(1) : audible, articulate, meaningful sound as produced by the action of the vocal organs
(2) : a systematic means of communicating ideas or feelings by the use of conventionalized signs, sounds, gestures, or marks having understood meanings
(3) : the suggestion by objects, actions, or conditions of associated ideas or feelings
language in their very gesture — Shakespeare
(4) : the means by which animals communicate
(5) : a formal system of signs and symbols (as FORTRAN or a calculus in logic) including rules for the formation and transformation of admissible expressions
(6) : machine language 1
2.
a. : form or manner of verbal expression ; specifically : style
b. : the vocabulary and phraseology belonging to an art or a department of knowledge
c. : profanity
3. : the study of language especially as a school subject
4. : specific words especially in a law or regulation
added language prohibiting further development along the river