sublingual

English

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin sublinguālis, from sub- (“under, below, beneath”) +‎ linguālis (“relating to the tongue”); equivalent to sub- +‎ lingual.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /sʌbˈlɪŋ.ɡwəl/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌsʌbˈlɪŋ.ɡwəl/, /ˌsʌbˈlɪŋ.ɡju.əl/
• Rhymes: -ɪŋɡwəl

Adjective

sublingual (not comparable) (relational)

1. (medicine) Administered through placement under the tongue. [from 17th c.]

   Coordinate term: see list of routes of administration

2. (anatomy) Situated beneath the tongue. [from 17th c.]

   Synonym: subglossal

   Coordinate terms: transglossal, translingual

3. (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the sublingual gland.

Derived terms

• sublingual artery
• sublingual caruncle
• sublingual duct
• sublingual gland
• sublingual immunotherapy
• sublingually
• sublingual nerve
• sublingual nucleus

 

Translations

administered by placement beneath the tongue

• French: sublingual (fr)
• Polish: podjęzykowy
• Russian: сублингва́льный (ru) (sublingválʹnyj)
• Tagalog: pang-ilalim-dila

situated beneath the tongue — see also hypoglossal

• Bulgarian: разположен под езика (razpoložen pod ezika)
• Finnish: kielenalainen
• French: sublingual (fr)
• Hungarian: nyelv alatti
• Polish: podjęzykowy
• Russian: подъязы́чный (ru) (podʺjazýčnyj), сублингва́льный (ru) (sublingválʹnyj)
• Spanish: sublingual (es)
• Ukrainian: під'язико́вий (pidʺjazykóvyj)

Noun

sublingual (plural sublinguals)

1. (herpetology) A particular scale near the front of the lower jaw in snakes, usually in a pair.

References

• “sublingual”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “sublingual”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

French

Etymology

From sub- +‎ lingual.

Adjective

sublingual (feminine sublinguale, masculine plural sublinguaux, feminine plural sublinguales)

1. sublingual

Further reading

• “sublingual”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French sublingual.

Adjective

sublingual m or n (feminine singular sublinguală, masculine plural sublinguali, feminine and neuter plural sublinguale)

1. sublingual

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	sublingual		sublinguală		sublinguali	sublinguale
	definite	sublingualul		sublinguala		sublingualii	sublingualele
genitive- dative	indefinite	sublingual		sublinguale		sublinguali	sublinguale
	definite	sublingualului		sublingualei		sublingualilor	sublingualelor

Spanish

Etymology

From sub- +‎ lingual.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sublinˈɡwal/ [su.β̞lĩŋˈɡwal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: su‧blin‧gual

Adjective

sublingual m or f (masculine and feminine plural sublinguales)

1. sublingual

Further reading

• “sublingual”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10