second language
second language noun: a language that is spoken by someone but is not their mother tongue.
Noun
second language (plural second languages)
- A language that is spoken by someone but is not their mother tongue.
- My second languages are Italian and German.
- Vocabulary is a vital component of educational success in both first and second language contexts.2018, Clarence Green, James Lambert, “Advancing disciplinary literacy through English for academic purposes: Discipline-specific wordlists, collocations and word families for eight secondary...
second language meaning in Tamil and Indonesian
second language in Tamil
- இரண்டாம் மொழி
second language in Indonesian
- language spoken other than the mother tongue
- bahasa kedua
Forms of second language
| plural | second languages |
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Words formed from second language
Questions about second language
- What does second language mean?
- Second language means a language that is spoken by someone but is not their mother tongue.
- What is second language in Tamil?
- Second language in Tamil is இரண்டாம் மொழி. See Second language meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is second language?
- Second language is a noun.
- What is the plural of second language?
- The plural of second language is second languages.
Words near second language in the dictionary
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