berlitz
/bɚlˈɪts/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.95 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A brand of language skills learning. During the teaching of the language all instruction is done in the target language.
Example Sentences
- ""Clotilde is taking a Berlitz course in American slang. I think her instructors are a little confused about it too."
- ""I told him you would learn the Berlitz French so you could dine with him whenever you flew into Paris."
- "It was as if she'd learned it from a Berlitz book."
- "He spoke some Arabic with a West Texas drawl, like a Berlitz tape on dying batteries."
- "Soon then these guys would have regressed, be blabbering away in the language of their home village, and these Berlitz monkeys at the agency would have no idea what was being said, [....]"
- ""It's like Berlitz. When you get to Hollywood, you're going to need to learn the language.""
Etymology
Created in 1897 by Maximilian Berlitz.