ordinary language
Synonym of natural languageSynonym of natural language.
» All the words are taken from ordinary present-day language.
Alle Wörter sind der gewöhnlichen Gegenwartssprache entnommen. — al_ex_an_der
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1 senses(countable, uncountable)Synonym of natural language.
Examples
3 sentencesAll the words are taken from ordinary present-day language.
deAlle Wörter sind der gewöhnlichen Gegenwartssprache entnommen. — al_ex_an_der
I live in Canada, where English is a common, ordinary language.
English is just an ordinary language to people living in North America.
Origin
From ordinary + language.From ordinary + language.
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Forms
plural: ordinary languages| Singular | ordinary language |
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regular
Synonyms
1 synonymsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.