Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

interlingualism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: in-ter-lin-gual-ism
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The status of not being associated to or confined to one language.

Uncountable

noun

A word, phrase or lexeme which is commonly found either in multiple languages or not limited to a single language.

Countable

Example Sentences

"Taxonomic names are great examples of interlingualism."
"This article explores the issue of bilingualism and proposes interlingualism as a concept which would refer to and include the numerous variables for people who know, use, and interact between two languages and/or among three or more."
"Interlingualism is quite a new word, but the concept is as old as the human story itself. At Learnlife, we welcome interlingualism as the chance to share together in the beautiful diversity of sounds and stories within our community, and to instil global citizenship at the heart of our experience."

Etymology

From interlingual (“between or across languages”) + -ism (abstract-noun suffix).

Usage

Inflected Forms

interlingualisms (plural)

Questions

What does interlingualism mean?: The status of not being associated to or confined to one language.
Where does interlingualism come from?: From interlingual (“between or across languages”) + -ism (abstract-noun suffix).

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