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Metalanguage Moderate

Origin: French suffix -age

Metalanguage has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a language that can be used to describe languages

2

Any language or vocabulary of specialized terms used to describe or analyze a language or linguistic process

See Also
describe vocabulary define epilanguage object language metalexicography analyze metasyntax
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
language
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
syntax language
Rhyming Words
age sage tage rage wage aage mage yage lage cage gage page nage kage swage adage plage brage phage stage
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