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English

target language

noun

Meaning

  1. The language a learner is attempting to acquire.
  2. The language into which a translation is done.
  3. The machine language into which source code is to be compiled.

Etymology / origin

No prose etymology has been added yet.

No ancestor words have been linked yet.

Related words

object language(English)second language(English)contact language(English)first language(English)daughter language(English)native language(English)tonguage(English)berlitz(English)

Descendant words

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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