What does native speaker mean?
Definitions for native speaker
na·tive speak·er
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word native speaker.
Princeton's WordNet
native speakernoun
a speaker of a particular language who has spoken that language since earliest childhood
"native speakers of French"
Wiktionary
native speakernoun
A person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue.
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native speaker
A native speaker is an individual who speaks a particular language as their first language or mother tongue, typically learned during early childhood without formal instruction. This individual holds a natural understanding of the language's structure, idioms, slang, colloquialisms, and cultural references, allowing them to communicate fluently and effortlessly.
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Native Speaker
Native Speaker is Chang-Rae Lee’s first novel. In Native Speaker, he creates a man named Henry Park who tries to assimilate into American society and become a “native speaker.”
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of native speaker in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of native speaker in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of native speaker in a Sentence
As a language teacher, it’s always interesting to see that some of these terms are usually new colloquialisms, or are rooted or borrowed from another language, as a non-native speaker, I must confess it’s fun to see English speakers stumbling a bit for a change.
Charles Boberg of McGill University:
The speaker is obviously a native speaker of Arabic, given the way he speaks that language and the influence it has on his English but his English is extremely fluent, to a level I would label near-native.
Translations for native speaker
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- moedertaalsprekerAfrikaans
- اللغة الأمArabic
- rodilý mluvčíCzech
- indfødt talerDanish
- Muttersprachlerin, native speaker, MuttersprachlerGerman
- denaskuloEsperanto
- hablante nativa, hablante nativoSpanish
- äidinkielen puhujaFinnish
- locuteur natif, locutrice nativeFrench
- cainteoir dúchaisIrish
- fileantachScottish Gaelic
- falante nativa, falante nativoGalician
- anyanyelvi beszélőHungarian
- madrelinguaItalian
- ネイティブスピーカー, 母語話者Japanese
- მშობლიური ენით მოლაპარაკეGeorgian
- роден говорникMacedonian
- moedertaalspreekster, moedertaalsprekerDutch
- native speaker, native speakerka, osoba mówiąca w ojczystym języku, rodzimy użytkownik języka, rodzima użytkowniczka językaPolish
- falante nativo, falante nativaPortuguese
- носитель языкаRussian
- modersmålstalareSwedish
- สำเนียงพื้นเมืองThai
- געבוירנער רעדערYiddish
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