A medium through which one shows appreciation of or affection for another.

A surname from Italian.

plural of parent language

A language from which a later language is derived.

plural of Langella

A county of Ankang, Shaanxi, China.

The tree Bruguiera parviflora.

(translation studies) A language that a translator or interpreter knows passively only, i.e. from which they are able to translate or interpret into their active languages, but not the reverse.

(translation studies) A translator's or interpreter's mother tongue, i.e. their main active language, into which they are able to translate or interpret from their other working languages.

(translation studies) A translator's or interpreter's active language, i.e. in which they are fluent and into which they are able to translate or interpret from their other working languages, but which is not their mother tongue.