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interlingual

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.12 in modern English

Syllables
in-ter-lin-gual
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Spanning multiple languages; having a multilingual flair or quality.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥tér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s Proto-Italic *dn̥ɣwā Latin dingua Latin lingua Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin linguālislbor. English lingual English interlingual From inter- + lingual.

Derived Forms

interlingualism interlingually

Phrases

interlingual machine translation

Antonyms

intralingual

Rhymes With

bilingual multilingual lingual monolingual sublingual trilingual unilingual quadrilingual polylingual omnilingual buccolingual panlingual

Questions

What does interlingual mean?
Spanning multiple languages; having a multilingual flair or quality.
Where does interlingual come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥tér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s Proto-Italic *dn̥ɣwā Latin dingua Latin lingua Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin linguālislbor. English lingual English interlingual From inter- + lingual.

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