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First language

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The first language one is taught to speak; one's native language.

    "She was born and raised in France, although her first language is Portuguese because her parents are from Brazil."

  2. 2
    one's native language; the language learned by children and passed from one generation to the next wordnet
  3. 3
    The language one feels most comfortable and capable with.
  4. 4
    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see first, language.

Etymology

From first + language.

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