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first language

(Linguistics) a person's native language

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Noun

first language - one's native language; the language learned by children and passed from one generation to the next

maternal language, mother tongue

natural language, tongue - a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language

Translations

first language n → prima lingua

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