foreign language

Noun

Meaning

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.

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.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Antonyms

natural language mother tongue first language native language

Examples

Humor is the first gift to perish in a foreign language. Virginia Woolf

I say I'm in love with her. What does that mean? It means I review my future and my past in the light of this feeling. It is though I wrote in a foreign language that I am suddenly able to read. Wordlessly, she explains me to myself. Like genius, she is ignorant of what she does. Jeanette Winterson

It's important to me to work in my own language now and then. I love English, but you can never learn to master a foreign language if you're not brought up with it. Max von Sydow

I'm not a collector. I don't keep letters, or books, or souvenirs. But I do keep one copy of each translation of my books into a foreign language. Have you ever seen a murder story printed in Singhalese? Wow! Rex Stout

My subconscious speaks in a foreign language. Deb Caletti

A foreign language is more easily learned in the kitchen than at school. German Proverb

Close letter words and terms

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