| Main Entry: | foreign language |
| Part of Speech: | n |
| Definition: | any language used in a country other than one's own; a language that is studied mostly for cultural insight |
| Example: | Spanish has been present longer than English, but since the majority of the population are native speakers of English, Spanish is often termed a foreign language. |
| Etymology: | 1933 |
| Usage: | also foreign-language, (adj.) |