ラング
Meanings
1
langue; language as a system
Technical linguistics term, especially in the Saussurean contrast ラング and パロール. It means the shared language system, not simply any everyday use of 'language'.
from French langue
See also: パロール
Saussure distinguished langue from parole.
Langue refers to the language system that underlies individual utterances.
2
Rare katakana transcription for 'lung'. In ordinary Japanese, the organ is normally called 肺; ラング is more likely in transliteration, labels, or special contexts.
In the anatomy chart, the English name for the lung was shown in katakana as 'rangu'.