secret language

collocation in English

meaningsofsecretandlanguage

These words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. Or,see other collocations withlanguage.
secret
adjective
uk
/ˈsiː.krət/us
/ˈsiː.krət/
If something is secret, other people are not allowed to know ...
See more atsecret
language
noun
uk
/ˈlæŋ.ɡwɪdʒ/us
/ˈlæŋ.ɡwɪdʒ/
a system of communication consisting of sounds, words, ...
See more atlanguage

(Definition ofsecretandlanguagefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsecret language

These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
The idea is that an older generation of speakers still uses the ancestral language as an all-purpose language, but also as an in-groupsecretlanguage.
From theCambridge English Corpus
It reduces the ancestral language to asecretlanguage, with far-reaching structural consequences.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Her analysis is based on their use of an occupationally basedsecretlanguage, which she derives from earlier studies and her own observations.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The romanticists will say that they are a secret people with asecretlanguage, and all the rest of it.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Hilltop is said to know thesecretlanguageof the elephants.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
They also typically develop their own behavioural codes, have a slang orsecretlanguage, which is exclusive to the school.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
They also have their ownsecretlanguage.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
They had their own special dialect orsecretlanguage.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
Initially it served the role of asecretlanguage, but in the late 19th century it became a standard sociolect of criminals.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
In a specialsecretlanguage, the audience would react in a certain manner based on a particular musical cue from the band.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
They are so close that they have developed asecretlanguagethat only they understand.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
Members often wrote in asecretlanguageand frequently published their works anonymously.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
Periodically he would come back to the mannequin often bringing tiny sheets of paper with messages inscribed on them in his ownsecretlanguage.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
He teaches them asecretlanguageand advances their skills in the art of highway robbery.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
It discusses thesecretlanguageof single women.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
It was the obedient servant that knew thesecretlanguage, the secret handshake.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
The twins have their ownsecretlanguage, and they don't like to make friends at school because they have each other.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
In the 1950s a few speakers was reported who used the language probably only as a trade lingo orsecretlanguage.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
Balaibalan may also have been asecretlanguagewhich was only known by an inner circle.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
Want to learn more?
Go to the definition ofsecret
Go to the definition oflanguage
See other collocations withlanguage