Definition of Interlingua

1. Noun. An artificial language proposed for use as an auxiliary international language; based on words common to English and the Romance languages.

Generic synonyms: Artificial Language

Definition of Interlingua

1. Proper noun. An interlanguage based on Romance languages, English, German, Russian and Latin, developed by the International Auxiliary Language Association, and first published in 1951. ¹

2. Proper noun. Latino sine Flexione, a simplified version of Latin by Giuseppe Peano ¹

3. Noun. an interlanguage ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Interlingua

Inspector Maigret
Intel
Intelligence Community
Intelnet
Inter-Services Intelligence
Interahamwe
Interamerican
Intereuropean
Interglossa
Interior Department
Interior Plains
Interior Secretary
Interix
Interlaken
Interlingua
Interlingue
Internal Revenue Code
Internal Revenue Service
International Atomic Energy Agency
International Bank for Reconstruction and Developm
International Civil Aviation Organization
International Code of Zoological Nomenclature
International Committee of the Red Cross

Literary usage of Interlingua

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Monist by Hegeler Institute (1913)
""interlingua" AND THE PROBLEM OF A UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE. IT might be thought that the construction of an artificial language was a. product peculiarly ..."

2. How to Acquire Japanese Scientific and Technical Information (1993)
"My firm, InterLingua, provides services locating and identifying Japanese ... At InterLingua, we receive most of our documents in hard copy form, ..."

3. Final Evaluation Of The Results Of Eurotra: A Specific Programme Concerning ...by DIANE Publishing Company by DIANE Publishing Company (2004)
"The importance of research on meaning, the interlingua approach and the semantics needed is very great indeed. In the light of this, ..."

4. Adventure Guide to Venice & the Veneto by Marissa Fabris (2005)
"This is occasionally the site of various exhibits, thus the entrance fee is subject to change. interlingua (Stradella Filippini 27, Vicenza, -a 0444-321601, ..."

5. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1919)
"In this connection the " Academia pro interlingua" has carried on a scientific study of the question and perhaps the majority ..."

6. Princeton Theological Review by Princeton Theological Seminary (1914)
"... OTTO HERRMANN, Monism of German Monistic League; SYDNEY WATERLOW, "interlingua" and the Problem of a Universal Language; CL MARSH, The Agnostic. ..."

7. Burgess Unabridged: A New Dictionary of Words You Have Always Needed by Gelett Burgess (1914)
"... Esperanto, Idiom Neutral, interlingua and Ido all have fallen by the wayside of this " philosophical" route. It is as futile to try to make the sound ..."

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