Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

natural language

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.80 in modern English

Syllables: nat-u-ral lan-guage
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any human communication signal system that has evolved organically in a community into a language system and has become culturally generalized.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Although some computer programs are now widely regarded as having passed the Turing test, it is clear to discerning humans that they still do not use natural language in the same way that sane humans do, as they often spew nonsense, albeit well-formed linguistically, and they cannot engage in some important kinds of original thought."

Etymology

From natural + language.

Usage

Inflected Forms

natural languages (plural)

Phrases

natural language processing

Frequently Paired Words

programming language controlled natural language constructed language

Synonyms

tongue

Questions

What does natural language mean?: Any human communication signal system that has evolved organically in a community into a language system and has become culturally generalized.
Where does natural language come from?: From natural + language.

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