interlingua

American

[in-ter-ling-gwuh] / ˌɪn tərˈlɪŋ gwə /

noun

an interlanguage.
(initial capital letter) an artificial language developed between 1924 and 1951, based primarily upon the Romance languages, and intended mainly as a common international language for scientists.

interlingua British

/ ˌɪntəˈlɪŋɡwə /

noun

(usually capital) an artificial language based on words common to English and the Romance languages
any artificial language used to represent the meaning of natural languages, as for purposes of machine translation

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Etymology

Origin of interlingua

1920–25; < Italian. See inter-, lingua

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So he has adopted a kind of baseball interlingua.

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