mother tongue

English - Turkish

Definition of mother tongue in English Turkish dictionary

ana dili

Onların ana dili Fransızca. - French is their mother tongue.

İtalyanca benim ana dilimdir. - Italian is my mother tongue.

anadili

Kendi anadilini bile doğru düzgün kullanamayan insanları görmek çok üzücü. - It is rather sad to see people who can't even use their mother tongue correctly.

İngilizce benim anadilim. - English is my mother tongue.

Ana dil

Fransızca, onun ana dilidir. - French is her mother tongue.

Onların ana dili Fransızca. - French is their mother tongue.

(isim) anadil

anadil

anadil

Related Terms

native language

doğal dil

native language

anadili

native language

Anadil

mt

[kıs] mountain

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mt kıs

mt

dağı

English - English

Definition of mother tongue in English English dictionary

The language one first learned; the language one grew up with; one's native language

The language spoken by one’s ancestors

{i} native language

French is her native language. - French is her mother tongue.

English is my native language. - English is my mother tongue.

The first language spoken in an individual's home in his early or earliest childhood; one's first language or native language

Your mother tongue is the language that you learn from your parents when you are a baby. = native tongue. your mother tongue is the first and main language that you learnt when you were a child = native language/tongue

refers to the first language learned at home in childhood and still understood by the individual at the time of the census

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

Language customarily spoken by a person before coming to the United States

mt

Related Terms

mother tongues

plural form of mother tongue

mother-in-law's tongue

stemless plant having narrow rigid leaves often cultivated as a houseplant

Hyphenation

moth·er tongue

Turkish pronunciation

mʌdhır tʌng

Synonyms

first language, native language, natal tongue, native speech, native tongue, parent language, vernacular

Pronunciation

/ˈməᴛʜər ˈtəɴɢ/ /ˈmʌðɜr ˈtʌŋ/

Etymology

[ 'm&-[th]&r ] (noun.) before 12th century. Middle English moder, from Old English mOdor; akin to Old High German muoter mother, Latin mater, Greek mEtEr, Sanskrit mAtr.