Definition of English language

1. Noun. An Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countries.


Lexicographical Neighbors of English Language

English cavalry saddle
English cocker spaniel
English covenants
English daisy
English department
English disease
English elm
English foxhound
English hawthorn
English horn
English horns
English iris
English ivy
English lady crab
English language
English lavender
English muffin
English muffins
English oak
English opening
English partridge
English people
English person
English plantain
English plus
English primrose
English professor
English rhinoplasty

Literary usage of English language

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Elements of Old English: Elementary Grammar and Reference Grammar by Samuel Moore, Thomas Albert Knott (1919)
"... is the name given to the english language before the year noo. The documents containing what we have left of the language extend from about ..."

2. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1913)
"See aim english language—Etymology. Pronunciation. •S'cc Pronunciation. Punctuation. See Punctuation. Rhymes. Sec Rhyme. Study and teaching. ..."

3. A Complete Manual of English Literature by Thomas Budd Shaw, Henry Theodore Tuckerman, Sir William Smith (1879)
"8. Change of Anglo-Saxon into English. } 9. Principal epochs of the english language. § 1. WITHIN the limited territory comprised by ..."

4. Lessons in English: Adapted to the Study of American Classics : a Text-book by Sara Elizabeth Husted Lockwood (1897)
"CHAPTER I. THE HISTORY OP THE english language. Definition and Derivation of the Word "Language."— The word "language" is derived from the Latin lingua, ..."

5. Outlines of English Literature by Thomas Budd Shaw, Henry Theodore Tuckerman (1866)
"CHAPTER I. THE english language. ... TA-The English PF-Pronunciation- Latin Element—Origin of english language—Norman Conquest—William —Monasteries—Twelfth ..."

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