Es·pe·ran·to ( s p -r n t , -rän-)n. An artificial international language with a vocabulary based on word roots common to many European languages and a regularized system of inflection. [After Dr. Esperanto, "one who hopes," pseudonym of Ludwik Lejzer Zamenhof (1859-1917), Polish philologist.] Es pe·rantist adj. & n. |
Esperanto [ˌɛspəˈræntəʊ]
n
(Linguistics / Languages) an international artificial language based on words common to the chief European languages, invented in 1887
[literally: the one who hopes, pseudonym of Dr. L. L. Zamenhof (1859-1917), Polish philologist who invented it]
Esperantist n & adj
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| Noun | 1. | Esperanto - an artificial language based as far as possible on words common to all the European languages artificial language - a language that is deliberately created for a specific purpose |
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