Interlingua

//ɪn.tə(ɹ).lɪŋ.ɡwə// name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    an interlanguage
  2. 2
    an artificial language proposed for use as an auxiliary international language; based on words common to English and the Romance languages wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A constructed interlanguage based on Romance languages, English, German, Russian and Latin, developed by the International Auxiliary Language Association, and first published in 1951.
  2. 2
    Latino sine flexione, a simplified version of Latin by Giuseppe Peano

Synonyms

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esperantolanguage

Example

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"Esperanto, Ido, Interlingua, Klingon, Lojban, Na'vi and Volapük are constructed languages."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Coined possibly independently multiple times in multiple languages, but modern use derives from the Interlingua word. The word itself comes from Latin inter (“between”) + lingua (“language”).

Etymology 2

From inter- + Latin lingua (“language”).

Related phrases

international auxiliary language associationlatino sine flexione

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