english language

1. 1.

   an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countries

   SynonymsEnglish

   BroaderWest Germanic

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Questions about english language

What does english language mean?

english language means "an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countries".

What is another word for english language?

Close synonyms include English. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is english language a common word?

english language is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.