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birth tongue

birth tongue is the alternative form of birthtongue.

Meaning of birthtongue

Noun

birthtongue (plural birthtongues)

  1. (rare) One's first language, learnt in early childhood; native language.
    • In replying timidly, Anita revealed her foreign accent, which was instantly observed. “You are American, of course? No? English? Ah, how stupid I am!" Forthwith he began to talk fluently in German, though Anita saw it was not his birthtongue.1880, All the Year Round, volume 25, page 203

Forms of birth tongue

pluralbirth tongues

Questions about birth tongue

What is birth tongue the alternative form of?
Birth tongue is the alternative form of birthtongue.

Words near birth tongue in the dictionary

  1. birth sin
  2. birth stool
  3. birth stools
  4. birth time
  5. birth times
  6. birth tongue
  7. birth tongues
  8. birth tourism
  9. birth tourist
  10. birth tourists
  11. birth tray

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Adapted from Wiktionary: birth tongue (page history and authors); birthtongue (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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