Tounge vs. Tongue: What's the Difference?
Edited by Sumera Saeed || By Sawaira Riaz || Updated on October 8, 2023
"Tounge" is an incorrect spelling. The correct spelling is "Tongue," which refers to the muscular organ in the mouth.
Which is correct: Tounge or Tongue
How to spell Tongue?
Tounge is Incorrect
Tongue is Correct
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Key Differences
The word "tongue" has "U" before the "E" – think "long U" for "tongue."
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Sep 20, 2023
Visualize the shape of the tongue when saying "U before E."
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Relate it to the phrase "A strong tongue."
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Remember "GUE" as in "guess" to recall the ending of "tongue."
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Sep 20, 2023
Think of other words with similar patterns like "plague."
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Tounge and Tongue Definitions
Tongue
The fleshy muscular organ in the mouth used for tasting, licking, and speaking.
She burned her tongue drinking hot coffee.
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Sep 20, 2023
Tongue
A specific way of speaking or writing; a language.
English is my mother tongue.
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Tongue
The fleshy, movable, muscular organ, attached in most vertebrates to the floor of the mouth, that is the principal organ of taste, an aid in chewing and swallowing, and, in humans, an important organ of speech.
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Tongue
An analogous organ or part in invertebrate animals, as in certain insects or mollusks.
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Tongue
Speech; talk
If there is goodness in your heart, it will come to your tongue.
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Tongue
Tongues Speech or vocal sounds produced in a state of religious ecstasy.
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Tongue
The bark or baying of a hunting dog that sees game
The dog gave tongue when the fox came through the hedge.
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Tongue
The harnessing pole attached to the front axle of a horse-drawn vehicle.
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Tongue
A protruding strip along the edge of a board that fits into a matching groove on the edge of another board.
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Tongue
(Music) To separate or articulate (notes played on a brass or wind instrument) by shutting off the stream of air with the tongue.
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Tongue
The flexible muscular organ in the mouth that is used to move food around, for tasting and that is moved into various positions to modify the flow of air from the lungs in order to produce different sounds in speech.
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Tongue
This organ, as taken from animals used for food (especially cows).
Cold tongue with mustard
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Tongue
Any similar organ, such as the lingual ribbon, or odontophore, of a mollusk; the proboscis of a moth or butterfly; or the lingua of an insect.
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Tongue
(obsolete) Voice the distinctive sound of a person's speech; accent distinctive manner of pronouncing a language.
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Tongue
(metonym) A person speaking in a specified manner (most often plural).
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Tongue
In a shoe, the flap of material that goes between the laces and the foot (so called because it resembles a tongue in the mouth).
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Tongue
Any large or long physical protrusion on an automotive or machine part or any other part that fits into a long groove on another part.
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Tongue
A projection, or slender appendage or fixture.
The tongue of a buckle, or of a balance
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Tongue
A long, narrow strip of land, projecting from the mainland into a sea or lake.
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Tongue
The pole of a vehicle; especially, the pole of an ox cart, to the end of which the oxen are yoked.
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Tongue
(nautical) A short piece of rope spliced into the upper part of standing backstays, etc.; also, the upper main piece of a mast composed of several pieces.
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Tongue
(geology) A division of formation; A layer or member of a formation that pinches out in one direction.
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Tongue
On a wind instrument, to articulate a note by starting the air with a tap of the tongue, as though by speaking a 'd' or 't' sound (alveolar plosive).
Playing wind instruments involves tonguing on the reed or mouthpiece.
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Tongue
To protrude in relatively long, narrow sections.
A soil horizon that tongues into clay
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Tongue
An organ situated in the floor of the mouth of most vertebrates and connected with the hyoid arch.
To make his English sweet upon his tongue.
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Tongue
The power of articulate utterance; speech.
Parrots imitating human tongue.
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Tongue
Discourse; fluency of speech or expression.
Much tongue and much judgment seldom go together.
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Tongue
Honorable discourse; eulogy.
She was born noble; let that title find her a private grave, but neither tongue nor honor.
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Tongue
A language; the whole sum of words used by a particular nation; as, the English tongue.
Whose tongue thou shalt not understand.
To speak all tongues.
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Tongue
Speech; words or declarations only; - opposed to thoughts or actions.
My little children, let us love in word, neither in tongue, but in deed and in truth.
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Tongue
A people having a distinct language.
A will gather all nations and tongues.
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Tongue
That which is considered as resembing an animal's tongue, in position or form.
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Tongue
A projection, or slender appendage or fixture; as, the tongue of a buckle, or of a balance.
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Tongue
A point, or long, narrow strip of land, projecting from the mainland into a sea or a lake.
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Tongue
The pole of a vehicle; especially, the pole of an ox cart, to the end of which the oxen are yoked.
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Tongue
A short piece of rope spliced into the upper part of standing backstays, etc.; also. the upper main piece of a mast composed of several pieces.
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Tongue
To modulate or modify with the tongue, as notes, in playing the flute and some other wind instruments.
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Tongue
To use the tongue in forming the notes, as in playing the flute and some other wind instruments.
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Tongue
A mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity
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Tongue
A human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language
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Tongue
Any long thin projection that is transient;
Tongues of flame licked at the walls
Rifles exploded quick knives of fire into the dark
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Tongue
A manner of speaking;
He spoke with a thick tongue
She has a glib tongue
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Tongue
Metal striker that hangs inside a bell and makes a sound by hitting the side
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Tongue
The flap of material under a shoe's laces.
He adjusted the tongue of his sneaker.
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Tongue
A projection on a tool or machine fitting into a groove to produce motion.
The tongue of the buckle secured the strap.
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Sep 20, 2023
Tongue
To articulate notes on a wind instrument.
He learned to tongue the notes smoothly on his trumpet.
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FAQs
Which vowel is used before Tongue?
"A" or "the" can be used before "tongue" based on context.
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Sep 20, 2023
What is the verb form of Tongue?
"Tongue" can be used as a verb, as in "to tongue the notes."
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Which preposition is used with Tongue?
"On" as in "on the tip of one's tongue."
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Which conjunction is used with Tongue?
Any conjunction can be used depending on the sentence structure.
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Why is it called Tongue?
It's derived from Old English "tunge," which means the muscular organ in the mouth.
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What is the singular form of Tongue?
"Tongue" is already in its singular form.
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Sep 20, 2023
Is Tongue a noun or adjective?
"Tongue" is primarily a noun but can also be a verb.
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What is another term for Tongue?
"Language" when referring to speech or "lingua" anatomically.
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What is the opposite of Tongue?
There's no direct opposite, but contextually, "silence" might be an antonym when referring to speech.
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Which article is used with Tongue?
Both "a" and "the" can be used, depending on context.
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What is a stressed syllable in Tongue?
The entire word "tongue" is stressed, as it's one syllable.
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What part of speech is Tongue?
"Tongue" is primarily a noun but can also be a verb.
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Which determiner is used with Tongue?
Determiners like "the," "this," or "an" can be used with "tongue."
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Is Tongue an abstract noun?
When referring to language, it can be considered abstract; otherwise, it's concrete.
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Is the Tongue term a metaphor?
In some contexts, like "the tongue of a shoe" or "a sharp tongue," it's metaphorical.
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How is Tongue used in a sentence?
"She bit her tongue to keep from laughing out loud."
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Sep 20, 2023
Is Tongue a negative or positive word?
Neutral, though its connotation depends on context.
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Is Tongue a vowel or consonant?
"Tongue" is a word containing both vowels and consonants.
Janet White
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Is Tongue a countable noun?
Yes, e.g., "There are many tongues spoken in the world."
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