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Foreign language
Noun
Word Frequency:
4.5
Definitions
1.
Noun
A language that is not widely or officially spoken in a particular place.
"Irish courts will hear cases in English or Gaelic, but speakers of foreign languages must find an interpreter."
2.
Noun
A language that is not one's native tongue.
"The children struggled in their Welsh lessons because they didn't have any experience of foreign languages."
Synonyms
noncreole
foreign country
nonspeaker
language isolate
third country
nonlanguage
good language
nondialogue
nonlocal
nonforeignness
nonlinguist
noncountry
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