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interlingua

Syllables: in·ter·lin·gua/ɪn.tə(ɹ).lɪŋ.ɡwə/

interlingua noun: an interlanguage.

Noun

interlingua (plural interlinguas)

  1. an interlanguage

Proper noun capitalized: Interlingua

Interlingua

  1. A constructed interlanguage based on Romance languages, English, German, Russian and Latin, developed by the International Auxiliary Language Association, and first published in 1951.
  2. Latino sine flexione, a simplified version of Latin by Giuseppe Peano

interlingua meaning in Hindi, Malayalam and Kannada

interlingua in Hindi

इंटरलिंगुआ

interlingua in Malayalam

ഇന്റർലിങ്ക്വ ഭാഷ

interlingua in Kannada

ಎಡೆನುಡು

Forms of interlingua

pluralinterlinguas

Origin of interlingua

From inter- + Latin lingua (“language”).

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”).

Questions about interlingua

What does interlingua mean?
Interlingua means an interlanguage.
What is interlingua in Hindi?
Interlingua in Hindi is इंटरलिंगुआ. See Interlingua meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is interlingua?
Interlingua can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce interlingua?
Interlingua is pronounced /ɪn.tə(ɹ).lɪŋ.ɡwə/.
What is the plural of interlingua?
The plural of interlingua is interlinguas.

Words near interlingua in the dictionary

  1. interlineations
  2. interlined
  3. interliner
  4. interliners
  5. interlines
  6. interlingua
  7. interlingual
  8. interlingual machine translation
  9. interlingualism
  10. interlingually
  11. interlinguas

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: interlingua (page history and authors); Interlingua (page history and authors); Interlingua (Hindi Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Interlingua (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); interlingua (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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