sublingual

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

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

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.

sublingual (plural sublinguals)

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

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

From sub- +‎ lingual.

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

1. sublingual

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

Borrowed from French sublingual.

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

1. sublingual

From sub- +‎ lingual.

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

sublingual m or f (masculine and feminine plural sublinguales)

1. sublingual

• “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], 10 December 2024