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foreign languages

foreign languages is the plural of foreign language.

Meaning of foreign language

Noun

foreign language (plural foreign languages)

  1. 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. 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.

Questions about foreign languages

What is foreign languages the plural of?
Foreign languages is the plural of foreign language.

Words near foreign languages in the dictionary

  1. foreign investment
  2. foreign investments
  3. foreign key
  4. foreign keys
  5. foreign language
  6. foreign languages
  7. foreign legion
  8. foreign legions
  9. Foreign Longhair
  10. Foreign Longhairs
  11. foreign minister

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Adapted from Wiktionary: foreign languages (page history and authors); foreign language (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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