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adjective
Etymology: inter- + Latin lingua tongue, language — more at tongue
Date: 1854
of, relating to, or existing between two or more languages <interlingual dictionaries>
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interlingual
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interlingual — interlingual, ale, aux [ ɛ̃tɛrlɛ̃gwal, o ] adj. • mil. XXe; angl. interlingual, de inter et lingual « de la langue » ♦ Ling. Qui se fait entre langues différentes. Synonymie interlinguale de lit et de l angl. bed. interlingual, ale, aux… … Encyclopédie Universelle
interlingual — |intə(r)+ adjective Etymology: inter + lingual : of, relating to, or existing between two or more languages interlingual alphabet interlingual dictionary interlingual idiom … Useful english dictionary
interlingual — interlingualism, n. /in teuhr ling gweuhl/, adj. pertaining to or using two or more languages: an interlingual dictionary. [1850 55; INTER + LINGUAL] * * * … Universalium
interlingual — adjective Spanning across multiple languages; having a multilingual flair or quality. Why is translation suitable as a subject matter of academic study, or to raise this question in a somewhat different and perhaps more challenging form: What… … Wiktionary
interlingual — in|ter|lin|gu|al 〈Adj.; Sprachw.〉 mehrere Sprachen betreffend, ihnen gemeinsam * * * in|ter|lin|gu|al <Adj.> [engl. interlingual, zu lat. lingua = Sprache; Zunge] (Sprachw.): zwei od. mehrere Sprachen betreffend; zwei od. mehreren Sprachen… … Universal-Lexikon
interlingual — in•ter•lin•gual [[t]ˌɪn tərˈlɪŋ gwəl[/t]] adj. ling. pertaining to or using two or more languages: an interlingual dictionary[/ex] • Etymology: 1850–55 … From formal English to slang
Interlingual machine translation — is one of the classic approaches to machine translation. In this approach, the source language, i.e. the text to be translated is transformed into an interlingua, i.e., an abstract language independent representation. The target language is then… … Wikipedia
interlingual — in|ter|lin|gu|al 〈Adj.〉 mehrere Sprachen betreffend, ihnen gemeinsam … Lexikalische Deutsches Wörterbuch
interlingual — in|ter|lin|gu|al <zu ↑inter..., lat. lingua »Zunge, Sprache« u. 1↑...al> zwei od. mehrere Sprachen betreffend, zwei od. mehreren Sprachen gemeinsam … Das große Fremdwörterbuch
interlingual — adjective 1》 between or relating to two languages. 2》 relating to an interlingua … English new terms dictionary
