Usually means: Acquired language after native tongue.
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We found 13 dictionaries that define the word second language:

General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. second language: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. second language: Merriam-Webster
  3. second language: Collins English Dictionary
  4. second-language: Wordnik
  5. second language: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. second language: Wiktionary
  7. second language: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. second language: Dictionary.com
  9. Second-language, Second language: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. second language: TheFreeDictionary.com

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. second language: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (second language)

▸ noun:  A language that is spoken by someone but is not their mother tongue.

Similar:
auxiliary language, world language, international auxiliary language, minority language, target language, daughter language, community language, mixed language, link language, mother tongue, more...

Opposite:
first language, native language, mother tongue

Phrases:
second generation language, second language acquisition, english as a second language, English as a second or foreign language, Teaching English as a second or foreign language, more...

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Similar:
auxiliary language, world language, international auxiliary language, minority language, target language, daughter language, community language, mixed language, link language, mother tongue, more...

Opposite:
first language, native language, mother tongue

Phrases:
second generation language, second language acquisition, english as a second language, English as a second or foreign language, Teaching English as a second or foreign language, more...



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