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/ ˈɪŋ.ɡlɪʃ / Add to word list Add to word list [ U ] the language that is spoken in the UK, the US, and in many other countries : American/British English Do you speak English? SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Language names Afro-Asiatic Albanian Altaic American English American Sign Language Fijian Filipino Finno-Ugric Frisian Georgian Mongolian Montenegrin Nahua Nahuatl Nauruan Tuvaluan Uzbek Venetian Vietnamese Yiddish See more results » the English [ plural ] the people of England SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Countries, nationalities & continents: nationalities Afghan Albanian Algerian an Andorran Ghanaian Gibraltarian greek Greenlander Greenlandic non-Indian non-Russian North American North Korean Northern Irish the Vatican Vanuatuan Venezuelan Vietnamese Vincentian See more results »Compare
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/ ˈɪŋ.ɡlɪʃ / in or relating to the English language : an English teacher an English translation relating to or from England : English films / food / people English law Is she English? SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Language names Afro-Asiatic Albanian Altaic American English American Sign Language Fijian Filipino Finno-Ugric Frisian Georgian Mongolian Montenegrin Nahua Nahuatl Nauruan Tuvaluan Uzbek Venetian Vietnamese Yiddish See more results »You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
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English noun [ U , not gradable ] usYour browser doesn't support HTML5 audio
/ ˈɪŋ·ɡlɪʃ , -lɪʃ / Add to word list Add to word list the language of the United Kingdom and the United States , used also in many other parts of the world : American/British/ Canadian /Australian English English English is also a subject in school where you study the English language , literature , and writing. (Definition of English from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) What is the pronunciation of English ?Translations of English
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