foreign language
nounUS /fɔːɹɪn lɛŋɡwɪd͡ʒ/
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.
- Related terms
- second language, foreign country