1. 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; [syn: English, English language]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
English language
n 1: 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 [syn:
English, English language]