native speaker

English

Noun

native speaker (plural native speakers)

1. A person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue.

   Native speakers of English get paid much more than locals in the schools.

Translations

a person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue

• Afrikaans: moedertaalspreker (af)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: (no exact term exists) 說母語的人, 说母语的人 (shuō mǔyǔ de rén), 说本族语的人, 說本族語的人 (shuō běnzúyǔ de rén), 母語使用者, 母语使用者 (mǔyǔ shǐyòngzhě)

• Czech: rodilý mluvčí (cs) m
• Dutch: moedertaalspreker (nl) m, moedertaalspreekster (nl) f
• Esperanto: denaskulo (eo)
• Finnish: äidinkielen puhuja (fi)
• French: locuteur natif (fr)
• Georgian: მშობლიური ენით მოლაპარაკე (ka) (mšobliuri enit' molaparake)
• German: Muttersprachler (de) m, Muttersprachlerin (de) f, native speaker (de) m
• Hungarian: anyanyelvi beszélő (hu)

• Irish: cainteoir dúchais (ga) m
• Italian: madrelingua (it) m and f
• Japanese: 母語話者 (ja) (bogowasha)
• Macedonian: роден говорник (mk) (róden góvornik) m
• Polish: native speaker (pl) m, native speakerka (pl) f, rodzimy użytkownik języka (pl) m, rodzima użytkowniczka języka (pl) f
• Russian: носитель языка (ru) (nosítel' jazyká) m
• Scottish Gaelic: fileantach (gd) m
• Spanish: hablante nativo (es)
• Swedish: (person) med ... som modersmål, modersmålstalare (sv) c
• Tamil: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can
• Yiddish: געבוירנער רעדער (yi) (geboyrner reder) m

Related terms

• native-speaking

Antonyms

• non-native speaker

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German

Alternative forms

• Native Speaker
• native Speaker (rare)

Etymology

Borrowing from English native speaker.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈneɪ̯tɪv ˈspiːkə/, /ˈneːtɪf ˈspiːkə/, /ˈneːtɪf ˈspiːkɐ/
• Hyphenation: na‧tive spea‧ker

Noun

native speaker m (genitive native speaker, plural native speakers)

1. native speaker

Declension

declension of native speaker

	singular			plural
m gender	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	native speaker	die	native speakers
genitive	eines	des	native speaker	der	native speakers
dative	einem	dem	native speaker	den	native speakers
accusative	einen	den	native speaker	die	native speakers

Synonyms

• Muttersprachler

Antonyms

• Nichtmuttersprachler

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowing from English native speaker.

Noun

native speaker m

1. native speaker

Declension

    declension of native speaker

	singular	plural
nominative	native speaker	native speakerzy
genitive	native speakera	native speakerów
dative	native speakerowi	native speakerom
accusative	native speakera	native speakerów
instrumental	native speakerem	native speakerami
locative	native speakerze	native speakerach
vocative	native speakerze	native speakerzy

Related terms

• native speakerka

Synonyms

• rodzimy użytkownik języka

Antonyms

• nierodzimy użytkownik języka