interlingual

American  

[in-ter-ling-gwuhl] / ˌɪn tərˈlɪŋ gwəl /

adjective

1. pertaining to or using two or more languages.

   an interlingual dictionary.

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Other Word Forms

• interlingualism noun

Etymology

Origin of interlingual

First recorded in 1850–55; inter- + lingual

Example Sentences

The words truly are untranslatable, so we are left with a slurry of useless definitions and little of the frisson of interlingual delight.

From New York Times

To make such systems as simple as possible, programmers have invented a coded, largely numerical language called "interlingual."

From Time Magazine Archive

Instead of translating directly from Japanese into German, the computer ! would translate from Japanese into interlingual and then into German.

From Time Magazine Archive

If we did not use interlingual, then each pair of languages would require the development of a specific set of grammatical rules and a bilingual dictionary.

From Time Magazine Archive

Differences of speech were no bar, for the tom tom code was interlingual.

From Project Gutenberg