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(Definition of second language noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- -speaking suffix
- bilingual adjective
- encode verb
- first language noun
- interpret verb (BETWEEN LANGUAGES)
- interpreter noun (BETWEEN LANGUAGES)
- lingo noun
- machine translation noun
- monolingual adjective
- mother tongue noun
- native speaker noun
- rendering noun (TRANSLATION)
- speak verb (LANGUAGE)
- target language noun
- translate verb
- translation noun
- translator noun
- transliterate verb
- trilingual adjective
- word for word idiom
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