Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

translingual

/tɹænzˈlɪŋ.ɡwəl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: translin-gual
IPA: /tɹænzˈlɪŋ.ɡwəl/

13

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Existing in multiple languages.

adj

Having the same meaning in many languages.

adj

Containing words of multiple languages.

adj

Operating between different languages.

adj

Occurring or being measured across the tongue.

noun

A person who can speak, or fluently switch between speaking, several languages.

Example Sentences

"The nose's comic potency is enhanced by the Indo-European rootedness of its own name, securing it a pivotal role in translingual games."
"You must establish that a translingual approach is rhetorically justified, critically relevant, and communicates ideas with clarity."
"No is the translingual symbol for the chemistry element nobelium."
"Darien can make translingual jokes"
"This receiver, as translator, then performs a kind of "translingual transfer" to encode in a second language a new message that is intended to "mean the same" . ."
"Simultaneous recordings of the translingual potential and integrated neural response of the rat."

Etymology

From trans- (“across”) + lingual (“having to do with languages or tongues”).

Word Breakdown

Prefix: trans

Inflected Forms

translinguals (plural)

Derived Forms

translingualism translinguality translingually

Frequently Paired Words

lingual panlingual

Synonyms

transglossal

Rhymes With

exolingual quinquelingual brevilingual colingual plurilingual posterolingual audiolingual metrolingual pentalingual tetralingual ventrolingual crosslingual

Questions

How do you pronounce translingual?: The recorded pronunciation is /tɹænzˈlɪŋ.ɡwəl/.
What does translingual mean?: Existing in multiple languages.
Where does translingual come from?: From trans- (“across”) + lingual (“having to do with languages or tongues”).

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