native speaker
noun[C]
uk/ˌneɪ.tɪv ˈspiː.kər/us/ˌneɪ.t̬ɪv ˈspiː.kɚ/B2
someone who hasspokenaparticularlanguagesince they were ababy,ratherthan havinglearnedit as achildoradult:
母语使用者，说本族语的人AllourteachersarenativespeakersofEnglish.我们所有的老师都是以英语为母语的人。
a native-speakerdictionary说本族语者使用的词典
- He is anativespeakerofRussian.
- Nativespeakersjustlearntheseidiomsnaturally.
- IknowI'll neverspeakFrenchlike anativespeaker.
Using other languages
- Anglocentric
- Anglocentrism
- anglophone
- bilingualism
- biliterate
- code switch
- lingo
- linguist
- monolingual
- non-native
- non-native speaker
- non-speaker
- pinyin
- polyglot
- render
- rendering
- signer
- speaker
- target language
- translator