Definition Synonyms
Definition of first language - Reverso English Dictionary
Noun
1.
native languagelanguage learned from birth and used at home
- Spanish is her first language.
2.
comfort languagelanguage one feels most comfortable using
- Although she grew up speaking Spanish, English is her first language for discussing technical issues.
Terms with first language included in their meaning
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primary language
first language learned at home in childhood
primary language
first language learned by a person
word history
tongue with no first-language community, not used for everyday talk
language proficiency
speaking a language as a first language
first language
language learned from childhood or tied to cultural identity
linguistics
person speaking a language not their first
abr: English as a foreign language
learning English for people whose first language is not English
sociolinguistics
person whose first language is not the majority language
first nations language
language spoken by an Indigenous people in northern Canada
abr: English as an additional language
learning English when it is not your first language
abr: English as a native language
English used as someone's first language
language
the first language learned by a person
acr: non-English-speaking background
background where English is not the first language
acr: Non-Native English Speaking
person whose first language is not English
language
the first literary and liturgical Slavic language
abr: teaching English to speakers of other languages
teaching English to people whose first language is not English
native speaker
person whose first language is the Indo-Aryan language of northern India
native speaker
person whose first language is English
Examples of first language in a sentence
Mandarin is the first language of many in China. Spanish is her first language at home. He prefers to write in his first language.
View all translations of first language
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- French:langue maternelle, langue de confort, ...
- German:Muttersprache, stärkste Sprache, ...
- Italian:lingua madre, lingua di maggiore agio, ...
- Spanish:primer idioma, lengua de comodidad, ...
- Portuguese:língua materna, língua de maior conforto, ...
- Chinese:母语, 最舒适语言, ...
- Japanese:母語, 主言語, ...
- Arabic:لُغَةٌ أُمّ, اللُّغَة الأَكثَر ارْتِياحًا في الاستِخْدام, ...
- Hebrew:שְׂפַת אֵם, שְׂפַת נוֹחוּת, ...
- Russian:родной язык, наиболее комфортный язык, ...
- Ukrainian:рідна мова, найзручніша мова, ...
- Hindi:मातृभाषा, सहज भाषा, ...
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