"second language" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: second languages [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} second language (plural second languages)
  1. A language that is spoken by someone but is not their mother tongue. Categories (topical): Linguistics Derived forms: second-language acquisition Related terms: first language, foreign language Translations (language spoken other than the mother tongue): 第二語言 (Chinese Mandarin), 第二语言 (dì-èr yǔyán) (Chinese Mandarin), 外語 (Chinese Mandarin), 外语 (wàiyǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), toinen kieli (Finnish), muu kieli (Finnish), première langue [feminine] (French), segunda lingua [feminine] (Galician), Zweitsprache [feminine] (German), andrespråk [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), andrespråk [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), segunda língua [feminine] (Portuguese), mubpien-gïele (Southern Sami), andraspråk [neuter] (Swedish)

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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "language spoken other than the mother tongue",
          "word": "toinen kieli"
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          "word": "muu kieli"
        },
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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "language spoken other than the mother tongue",
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            "feminine"
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "language spoken other than the mother tongue",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "segunda lingua"
        },
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "language spoken other than the mother tongue",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Zweitsprache"
        },
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          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "language spoken other than the mother tongue",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "andrespråk"
        },
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          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "language spoken other than the mother tongue",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "andrespråk"
        },
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "language spoken other than the mother tongue",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "segunda língua"
        },
        {
          "code": "sma",
          "lang": "Southern Sami",
          "sense": "language spoken other than the mother tongue",
          "word": "mubpien-gïele"
        },
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "language spoken other than the mother tongue",
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "language spoken other than the mother tongue",
      "word": "第二語言"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "dì-èr yǔyán",
      "sense": "language spoken other than the mother tongue",
      "word": "第二语言"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "language spoken other than the mother tongue",
      "word": "外語"
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    {
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wàiyǔ",
      "sense": "language spoken other than the mother tongue",
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    },
    {
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "language spoken other than the mother tongue",
      "word": "toinen kieli"
    },
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "language spoken other than the mother tongue",
      "word": "muu kieli"
    },
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "language spoken other than the mother tongue",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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    },
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "language spoken other than the mother tongue",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "language spoken other than the mother tongue",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Zweitsprache"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "language spoken other than the mother tongue",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "andrespråk"
    },
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      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "language spoken other than the mother tongue",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "andrespråk"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "language spoken other than the mother tongue",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "segunda língua"
    },
    {
      "code": "sma",
      "lang": "Southern Sami",
      "sense": "language spoken other than the mother tongue",
      "word": "mubpien-gïele"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "language spoken other than the mother tongue",
      "tags": [
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