Dictionary

non-native speaker en · NOUN

Etymology

From non-native + speaker or non- + native speaker.

Meanings

1. Someone who has another native tongue than the language being used.
   • Although double modality is outside the scope of Standard English and is not addressed in the school syllabus, it is a widespread phenomenon which non-native speakers of English might find confusing and should at least be aware of. 2019, Irina S. Lebedeva, Svetlana N. Orlova, “Semantics and pragmatics of the double modal ‘might could’”, in Training, Language and Culture, volume 3, number 2, →DOI:

Forms

Antonyms

native speaker

Deriveds

non-native-speaker

Synonyms

allophone

Translations (14)

cmn 非母語人士 /非母语人士 (someone who has another native tongue than the language being used) · fr locuteur non-natif (someone who has another native tongue than the language being used) · fi ei-syntyperäinen puhuja (someone who has another native tongue than the language being used) · de Nichtmuttersprachler (someone who has another native tongue than the language being used) · de Nicht-Muttersprachler (someone who has another native tongue than the language being used) · nl niet-moedertaalspreekster (someone who has another native tongue than the language being used) · pl nierodzimy użytkownik języka (someone who has another native tongue than the language being used) · de Nichtmuttersprachlerin (someone who has another native tongue than the language being used) · af nie-moedertaalspreker (someone who has another native tongue than the language being used) · nl niet-moedertaalspreker (someone who has another native tongue than the language being used) · pl nierodzima użytkowniczka języka (someone who has another native tongue than the language being used) · pt falante não-nativo (someone who has another native tongue than the language being used) · es hablante no nativo (someone who has another native tongue than the language being used) · de Nicht-Muttersprachlerin (someone who has another native tongue than the language being used)