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mother tongue

noun

1 mother tongue

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

synonyms: first language, maternal language.

Roget 560: language; phraseology etc. 569; speech etc. 582; tongue, lingo, vernacular; mother tongue, vulgar tongue, native tongue; household words; ... show more

Dutch: moedertaal, moerstaal, stamtaal


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