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ancient ≠ modern languages

les langues anciennes ≠ vivantes

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a foreign language

une langue étrangère

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to be monolingual / bilingual / multilingual = polyglot

être monolingue / bilingue / polyglotte

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my mother tongue = my native language

ma langue maternelle

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the vernacular

le parler local / la langue vernaculaire

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a dialect

un dialecte

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a patois

un patois

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to signify = to mean

vouloir dire / signifier

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meaning

la signification

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meaningful ≠ meaningless

significatif / lourd de sens ≠ dénué de sens

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meaninglessness

l’absence de sens / l’absurdité

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parlance / cant

un jargon / l’argot d'un métier

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a French / English / etc. speaker

un francophone / anglophone / etc.

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Spanish- / Italian- / German-speaking

hispanophone / italianophone / germanophone

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to speak fluent English = to speak English fluently

parler l'anglais couramment

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to speak with a French / an English accent

parler avec un accent français / anglais

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to have a good ≠ poor / strong accent

avoir un bon ≠ mauvais accent / un accent prononcé

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What’s the English (word) for …?

Comment dit-on … en anglais ?

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in business / legal / common parlance

dans le jargon des affaires / juridique / en langage courant

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