"A language" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: A languages [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} A language (plural A languages)
  1. (translation studies) A translator's or interpreter's mother tongue, i.e. their main active language, into which they are able to translate or interpret from their other working languages. Related terms: first language, language combination Translations (Translations): äidinkieli (Finnish), ensikieli (Finnish), A-työkieli (Finnish), langue A [feminine] (French)

Inflected forms

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