"nonspeaker" meaning in All languages combined

See nonspeaker on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: nonspeakers [plural]
Etymology: From non- + speaker. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|non|speaker}} non- + speaker Head templates: {{en-noun}} nonspeaker (plural nonspeakers)
  1. One who cannot speak; a mute.
    Sense id: en-nonspeaker-en-noun-7igkR90G
  2. One who does not speak a particular language or dialect.
    Sense id: en-nonspeaker-en-noun-~XwP59gQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with non- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 68 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with non-: 42 58
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: nontalker

Inflected forms

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          "text": "Many visitors to France are nonspeakers of French."
        }
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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