foreign languages

language: fr

definitions

  1. Languages spoken in countries other than one's own or outside of one's native country.
    fr: langues étrangères
  2. Subjects of study in an educational curriculum that involve learning a language not native to the students.
    fr: matières de langues
  3. Systems of communication, symbols, or codes that are unfamiliar or alien to a particular person or group.
    fr: langages étrangers

examples

  1. She is fluent in several foreign languages.

    Elle parle couramment plusieurs langues étrangères.

  2. The school offers various foreign languages as elective subjects.

    L'école propose diverses langues étrangères comme matières à option.

  3. To the uninitiated, the computer's error codes seemed like foreign languages.

    Pour les non-initiés, les codes d'erreur de l'ordinateur semblaient être des langages étrangers.