(especially BrE) a language that is spoken or written now, especially a European language, such as French or Spanish, that you study at school, university or college:
the department of modern languages * a degree in modern languages * a modern language teacher
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
Where does this definition of modern language come from?
This entry for modern language is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is modern language a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, modern language is tagged as noun.
Does modern language appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — modern language appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
What is Lughet?
Lughet is a free trilingual dictionary covering nearly five million entries across Uyghur, Chinese, and English, drawn from more than ten source dictionaries and corpora.
