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panlinguistic

panlinguistic adjective: occurring in all languages.

Adjective

panlinguistic (not comparable)

  1. Occurring in all languages
    • This is a panlinguistic phenomenon that applies to Chinese no less than to any other developed writing systems.1997, William C. Hannas, Asia's Orthographic Dilemma, University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 106
  2. Including all languages
    • However, since this article is meant for a panlinguistic audience, an English translation of the communicative exercises that accompany the text is also provided for colleagues who do not possess a reading knowledge of Italian.1987, Barbara A. Lafford, “Providing Comprehensible Input for Advanced Conversation Classes in University Settings”, in Italica, volume 64, number 2, →ISSN, →JSTOR, page 278

Origin of panlinguistic

From pan- + linguistic.

Words formed from panlinguistic

  • panlinguistically

Questions about panlinguistic

What does panlinguistic mean?
Panlinguistic means occurring in all languages.
What part of speech is panlinguistic?
Panlinguistic is an adjective.

Words near panlinguistic in the dictionary

  1. panleukopenic
  2. Panlibhon
  3. Panlibhonco
  4. panlike
  5. panlingual
  6. panlinguistic
  7. panlobular
  8. panlobularly
  9. panlogical
  10. panlogism
  11. panlogist

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