Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pseudolanguage

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pseu-dolan-guage
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Something written or spoken that resembles language but is not a true language.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A means of describing an algorithm in human terms, without the use of a true programming language.

Countable

Example Sentences

"Some mediums have spoken in elaborate pseudolanguages while in a state of trance."
"The existence of such pseudolanguages as pidgin in south-east Asia and the "Spanglish" found in Puerto Rico is due to the total absence of the coercive dimension[…]"
"State what will be printed by the following code fragment written in a pseudolanguage permitting reference parameters (assume Y and J are passed by reference)."

Etymology

From pseudo- + language.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: pseudo

Usage

Inflected Forms

pseudolanguages (plural)

Questions

What does pseudolanguage mean?: Something written or spoken that resembles language but is not a true language.
Where does pseudolanguage come from?: From pseudo- + language.

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