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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

interlingua

/ɪn.tə(ɹ).lɪŋ.ɡwə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.43 in modern English

Syllables
in-ter-lin-gua
IPA
/ɪn.tə(ɹ).lɪŋ.ɡwə/
12
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A constructed interlanguage based on Romance languages, English, German, Russian and Latin, developed by the International Auxiliary Language Association, and first published in 1951.

name

Latino sine flexione, a simplified version of Latin by Giuseppe Peano

noun

an interlanguage

Etymology

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”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

interlinguas (plural)

Phrases

Wiktionary’s coverage of Interlingua terms ina ⁠

Frequently Paired Words

Interlingual Interlinguist Interlinguistics Wiktionary’s coverage of Interlingua terms ia ina ina ⁠

Questions

How do you pronounce interlingua?
The recorded pronunciation is /ɪn.tə(ɹ).lɪŋ.ɡwə/.
What does interlingua mean?
A constructed interlanguage based on Romance languages, English, German, Russian and Latin, developed by the International Auxiliary Language Association, and first published in 1951.
Where does interlingua come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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