object language

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object language

noun object languages

  1. A language or a part of a language that is used to speak about objects but not about sentences or propositions.
  2. the language of the headwords in a dictionary (in a French-to-English translation dictionary, French is the object language)
  3. target language; the language of the object code, the output of a compiler (not necessarily executable machine code)

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noun language speaking about objects rather than about language

DeutschObjektsprache
Românălimbă-obiect
Русскийобъе́ктный язы́к obʺjéktnyj jazýk

noun lexicography: language of headwords

Françaislangue-objet
DeutschObjektsprache

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"object language." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/object%20language. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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object language. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/object%20language

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"object language." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/object%20language.

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@misc{object_language_2026,
  title = {object language},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/object%20language},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}