Esperanto
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Etymology
Esperanto Esperanto. Originally, this was the pseudonym assumed by the language's creator, L. L. Zamenhof, and the language was called Lingvo Internacia (“international language”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation)
- IPA(key): /ˌɛspəˈɹæntəʊ/, /ˌɛspəˈɹɑːntəʊ/
- (General American)
- IPA(key): /ˌɛspəˈɹæntoʊ/, /ˌɛspəˈɹɑntoʊ/
Audio (US) (file)
- Rhymes: -æntəʊ, -ɑːntəʊ
Proper noun
Esperanto
- An international auxiliary language designed by L. L. Zamenhof with a base vocabulary inspired by Indo-European languages such as English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, and Russian, and having a streamlined grammar with completely regular conjugations, declensions, and inflections.
- (figuratively) Anything that is used as a single international medium in place of plural distinct national media.
- The U.S. dollar is the Esperanto of currency.
- 1923, Edward Sims Van Zile, “The Movie as a World Language”, in That Marvel—the Movie, page 193:
- [Compared] to the Esperanto of the Eye, [cinema], [Esperanto's] conquest of the Earth is painfully slow[.]
- 1981, Ellen Goodman, “Where did all the accents go?”, in Sarasota Journal, page 6A:
- I think there is increasingly a homogenized voice, an Esperanto in the ear.
- 1994, Terry Pratchet, Interesting Times:
- …making its usual explicit request in the Esperanto of brutality.
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:Esperanto.
Derived terms
- Esperantic
- Esperantist
Translations
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See also
- Category:Esperanto language
- Appendix:Esperanto Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Esperanto
Further reading
- Reta Vortaro (short : ReVo) a multingual dictionary with esperanto definitions and translations in many languages. See also ReVo
- ISO 639-1 code eo, ISO 639-3 code epo (SIL)
- Ethnologue entry for Esperanto, epo
- Akademio de Esperanto
Anagrams
- personate
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Esperanto Esperanto.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌɛs.pəˈrɑn.toː/
audio (file) - Hyphenation: Es‧pe‧ran‧to
Proper noun
Esperanto n
- Esperanto
Derived terms
- esperantisme
- esperantist
Esperanto
Etymology
From Doktoro Esperanto ("Doctor Hopeful"), the pen-name of Esperanto's author, Dr. Ludwik Łazarz Zamenhof, when he published the language in 1887; from esperanto (“one who hopes”), from the verb esperi (“to hope”), from French espérer, Spanish esperar, ultimately from Latin spērō (“to hope”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [espeˈranto]
- Audio:
(file) - Rhymes: -anto
- Hyphenation: Es‧pe‧ran‧to
Proper noun
Esperanto (accusative Esperanton)
- Esperanto
Derived terms
- esperanta (“of or relating to Esperanto”)
- esperantano (“proponent of Esperanto”)
- Esperantido (“offshoot of Esperanto”)
- esperantigi (“to translate or transliterate to Esperanto”)
- Esperantio, Esperantujo (“notional land of Esperantists”)
- esperantismo (“the ideal of a neutral, universal auxiliary language”)
- esperantistiĝi (“to become an Esperantist”)
- esperantisto (“active user of Esperanto, Esperantist”)
- esperantologio (“linguistic study of Esperanto, Esperantology”)
- esperantologo (“specialist in Esperantology, an Esperantologist”)
- esperantumado (“use of Esperanto, Esperanto-related activities”)
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌɛspəˈʁanto/
audio (file) audio (Berlin) (file)
Proper noun
Esperanto n (proper noun, strong, genitive Esperantos or Esperanto)
- Esperanto
Usage notes
- The word can be used with or without a definite article: (Das) Esperanto ist eine Kunstsprache. (“Esperanto is a constructed language.”) The form with no article is generally more common, but the article is necessary in the genitive case (e.g. die Grammatik des Esperanto) and with the preposition in (e.g. die Pluralbildung im Esperanto).
Further reading
- “Esperanto” in Duden online
Ido
Etymology
Borrowed from Esperanto Esperanto.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /espeˈranto/
Proper noun
Esperanto
- Esperanto
Synonyms
- (dated) Esp.
- Espo
Derived terms
- Esperantala
- Esperantisto
- Esperantismo
See also
- esperanto
Interlingua
Noun
Esperanto
- Esperanto
Italian
Noun
Esperanto m (uncountable)
- Esperanto
See also
- esperantista
Anagrams
- pensatore, speronate
Portuguese
Noun
Esperanto
- Misspelling of esperanto.
Romanian
Noun
Esperanto n (uncountable)
- Alternative letter-case form of esperanto
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish esperanto or English Esperanto.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: Es‧pe‧ran‧to
- IPA(key): /ʔespeˈɾanto/, [ʔes.peˈɾan.to]
Noun
Esperanto
- Esperanto (language)
Derived terms
- mag-Esperanto
Turkish
Etymology
From Esperanto Esperanto.
Proper noun
Esperanto
- Esperanto