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crosslinguistic

crosslinguistic adjective: spanning more than one language.

Adjective

crosslinguistic (not comparable)

  1. Spanning more than one language.
    Synonyms:
    crosslingual, cross-language

Synonyms of crosslinguistic

Forms of crosslinguistic

alternative formcross-linguistic

Origin of crosslinguistic

From cross- + linguistic.

Words formed from crosslinguistic

Questions about crosslinguistic

What does crosslinguistic mean?
Crosslinguistic means spanning more than one language.
What part of speech is crosslinguistic?
Crosslinguistic is an adjective.

Words near crosslinguistic in the dictionary

  1. crosslines
  2. crossling
  3. crosslings
  4. crosslingual
  5. crosslingually
  6. crosslinguistic
  7. crosslinguistically
  8. crosslink
  9. crosslinkable
  10. crosslinkage
  11. crosslinkages

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