Word.ws English Dictionary

linguanaut

/ˈlɪnɡwənɔːt/

linguanaut noun: someone who is passionate about languages.

Noun

linguanaut (plural linguanauts)

  1. (slang) Someone who is passionate about languages.

Forms of linguanaut

plurallinguanauts

Origin of linguanaut

From Latin lingua (“language”) + English -naut.

Questions about linguanaut

What does linguanaut mean?
Linguanaut means someone who is passionate about languages.
What part of speech is linguanaut?
Linguanaut is a noun.
How do you pronounce linguanaut?
Linguanaut is pronounced /ˈlɪnɡwənɔːt/.
What is the plural of linguanaut?
The plural of linguanaut is linguanauts.

Words near linguanaut in the dictionary

  1. lingualized
  2. lingualizes
  3. lingualizing
  4. lingually
  5. linguals
  6. linguanaut
  7. linguanauts
  8. linguaphile
  9. linguaphiles
  10. linguaphilia
  11. linguaphone

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: linguanaut (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.

Last updated:

Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: En-au-linguanaut.ogg.

Cite this entry: “linguanaut.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/linguanaut. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.