father tongue
English
/ˈfɑː.ðə ˌtʌŋ/, /ˈfɑ.ðɚ ˌtʌŋ/
noun
Definitions
- A separate language for expressing ideas, as opposed to the vernacular (mother tongue) which is employed for everyday speech.
- The form of language acquired through education and reading, as opposed to the dialect one grow grows up speaking; educated or formal language.
- A second language that one speaks fluently.
- The language spoken by one's father, when it differs from that spoken by one's mother.
Etymology
Com from English father + English tongue (language).
Origin
English
tongue
Gloss
language
Concept
Semantic Field
Speech and language
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
語
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Church Father English
- allofather English
- babyfather English
- beardtongue English
- betongue English
- biofather English
- birthfather English
- blabtongue English
- bluetongue English
- co-father English
- elderfather English
- eldfather English
- father English
- father-in-law English
- father-out-law English
- father-slayer English
- father-to-be English
- fatherdom English
- fathered English
- fatherer English
- fatherese English
- fatherfucker English
- fatherhood English
- fatherkin English
- fatherkins English
- fatherland English
- fatherless English
- fatherlike English
- fatherling English
- fatherly English
- fatherness English
- fathership English
- forefather English
- forthfather English
- godfather English
- goosetongue English
- grandfather English
- highfather English
- housefather English
- intertongue English
- lorefather English
- merfather English
- motherfather English
- nonfather English
- outtongue English
- oxtongue English
- shriftfather English
- smoothtongue English
- stepfather English
- tonguage English
- tongue English
- tonguectomy English
- tonguefish English
- tonguefuck English
- tonguefucker English
- tonguejob English
- tongueless English
- tonguelet English
- tonguelike English
- tonguely English
- tonguester English
- tongueworm English
- tonguey English
- tonguy English
- unfather English
- untongue English
- Vater German
- fader Middle English
- tonge Middle English
- bata Marshallese
- tang Tok Pisin
- tongo Sranan Tongo
- tang Kriol
- tang Torres Strait Creole
- fada Nigerian Pidgin
- tonguy
- tongue
- father
- tonguey
- betongue
- tonguage
- oxtongue
- fatherer
- untongue
- fathered
- fatherly
- unfather
- tonguely
- tonguejob
- merfather
- fatherkin
- fatherdom
- fatherese
- biofather
- eldfather
- tonguelet
- nonfather
- co-father
- outtongue
- godfather
- fatherlike
- allofather
- highfather
- tongueworm
- tonguelike
- fatherland
- bluetongue
- blabtongue
- tonguester
- fathership
- stepfather
- fatherness
- babyfather
- tonguefish
- fatherless
- lorefather
- fatherkins
- fatherling
- forefather
- tongueless
- fatherhood
- tonguefuck
- elderfather
- beardtongue
- intertongue
- tonguectomy
- housefather
- forthfather
- grandfather
- goosetongue
- birthfather
- father-to-be
- fatherfucker
- tonguefucker
- smoothtongue
- shriftfather
- motherfather
- Church Father
- father-in-law
- father-slayer
- father-out-law