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.]
2. (anatomy) Situated beneath the tongue. [from 17th c.]
3. (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the sublingual gland.

• subglossal

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

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.

From French sublingual.

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

1. sublingual

sub- +‎ lingual

sublingual (plural sublinguales)

1. sublingual

• “sublingual”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014