Synonyms for mother tongue
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : muhth -er tuhng for 1; muhth -er tuhng for 2 |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈmʌð ər ˈtʌŋ for 1; ˈmʌð ər ˌtʌŋ for 2 |
Définition of mother tongue
- noun native language
- Every child must study one language besides its mother tongue.
- Extract from : « The Aural System » by Anonymous
- Were it otherwise, his mother tongue would never be mastered.
- Extract from : « What Is and What Might Be » by Edmond Holmes
- Hasn't grasped it yet, its mother tongue being Norman-French.
- Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, May 6, 1914 » by Various
- They had an aspect of their own, a mother tongue of their own.
- Extract from : « The History of England from the Accession of James II. » by Thomas Babington Macaulay
- Her sons by the thousand are with us, and by the thousand they are learning our mother tongue.
- Extract from : « The Lost Ten Tribes, and 1882 » by Joseph Wild
- "Oh, I like to talk the father and mother tongue," she said, gaily and sweetly.
- Extract from : « The Light of Scarthey » by Egerton Castle
- Mastery of his mother tongue is the birthright of every child.
- Extract from : « New Ideals in Rural Schools » by George Herbert Betts
- I will address this person in his mother tongue: 'Here, cospetto!
- Extract from : « The Innocents Abroad » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
- The language used was his mother tongue, but Peter comprehended most of that which was said.
- Extract from : « Oak Openings » by James Fenimore Cooper
- They will all have recourse to their mother tongue, and the most ignorant will shine the most.
- Extract from : « The Punster's Pocket-book » by Charles Molloy Westmacott
Words or expressions associated with your search
- flowing tongue
- hammer and tongs
- loose-tongued
- mother tongue
- natal tongue
- native tongue
- sharp-tongued
- silver tongue
- silver-tongued
- slip of the tongue
- smooth-tongued
- tongue
- tongue-in-cheek
- tongue-lash
- tongue-lashing
- tongue of flame
- tongue-tie
- behemoth
- biological mother
- chemotherapy
- earth mother
- fairy godmother
- fairy godmothers
- father/mother
- foremother
- grandmother
- Great Mother
- Holy Mother
- housemother
- mammoth
- mammoths
- moth
- mothball
- mother
- Mother Carey's chicken
- mother country
- Mother Earth
- mother goddess
- mother lode
- Mother Nature
- Mother of God
- Mother of our Lord
- mother superior
- mother wit
- motherboard
- motherfucker
- motherland
- motherly
- natal mother
- natural mother
- nomothetic
- queen mother
- reverend mother
- smother
- smothering
- take out of mothballs
- wife and mother
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