language

/ˈlæŋgwɪdʒ/ noun

Translation

COMMUNICATION [U] › communication between people, usually using words

dil, lisan

She has done research into how children acquire language.1209

ENGLISH/SPANISH/JAPANESE ETC [C] › a type of communication used by the people of a particular country

bir ülkede konuşulan dil, lisan

How many languages do you speak?1225

TYPE OF WORDS [U] › words of a particular type, especially the words used by people in a particular job

belli bir işe ait özel dil, lisan, meslekî dil

legal language the language of business12091225

COMPUTERS [C, U] › a system of instructions that is used to write computer programs

bilgisayar dili

→ See also body language → See also modern languages → See also second language → See also sign language1397

(Definition of language noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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