exolingual
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Pertaining to a series of utterances between two people who do not speak the same language.
Example Sentences
- "Studies of interaction in contact situations have often concentrated on so-called "exolingual" conversations between natives and non-natives."
Etymology
Etymology tree Ancient Greek ἐκ (ek) Ancient Greek ἔξω (éxō)der. English exo- Latin linguālislbor. English lingual English exolingual From exo- + lingual.