Phrase guide

constructed language

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • British, Southern, Standard: /kənˈstɹʌktəd ˈlaŋɡwɪd͡ʒ/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

Any language—whether a human language, a programming language, or markup language—that is not a natural language.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A human language that has been consciously devised by an individual or a group, as opposed to having naturally evolved as part of a culture like a natural language.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: artificial language, conlang, conlanguage, planned language

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Any language used by people, as opposed to less civilized means of communication, such as the socialization between animals.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic

Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

78 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: kunsmatige taal — artificially created language
  • Arabic: لُغَة مُصْطَنَعَة — artificially created language
  • Aragonese: luenga construita — artificially created language
  • Asturian: llingua construyida — artificially created language
  • Azerbaijani: süni dil — artificially created language
  • Basque: hizkuntza eraikia — artificially created language
  • Bengali: নির্মিত ভাষা (nirmito bhaśa) — artificially created language
  • Bulgarian: изкуствен език (izkustven ezik) — artificially created language
  • Bulgarian: построен език (postroen ezik) — artificially created language
  • Bulgarian: съграден език (sǎgraden ezik) — artificially created language
  • Catalan: llengua artificial — artificially created language
  • Chinese Mandarin: 人工語言 /人工语言 (réngōng yǔyán) — artificially created language
  • Czech: umělý jazyk — artificially created language
  • Danish: kunstsprog — artificially created language
  • Dutch: kunsttaal — artificially created language
  • Esperanto: planlingvo — artificially created language
  • Estonian: tehiskeel — artificially created language
  • Finnish: keinotekoinen kieli — artificially created language
  • Finnish: tekokieli — artificially created language
  • Finnish: keinokieli — artificially created language
  • French: langue construite — artificially created language
  • French: idéolangue — artificially created language
  • West-Frisian: keunsttaal — artificially created language
  • Galician: lingua artificial — artificially created language
  • German: Kunstsprache — artificially created language
  • German: Plansprache — artificially created language
  • German: konstruierte Sprache — artificially created language
  • Greek: τεχνητή γλώσσα (technití glóssa) — artificially created language
  • Hebrew: שָׂפָה מְתֻּכְנֶנֶת — artificially created language
  • Hindi: कृत्रिम भाषा (kŕtrim bhāṣā) — artificially created language
  • Hungarian: mesterséges nyelv — artificially created language
  • Icelandic: tilbúið tungumál — artificially created language
  • Icelandic: gervimál — artificially created language
  • Ido: planlinguo — artificially created language
  • Indonesian: bahasa buatan — artificially created language
  • Interlingua: lingua construite — artificially created language
  • Interlingua: lingua artificial — artificially created language
  • Irish: teanga chumtha — artificially created language
  • Italian: lingua artificiale — artificially created language
  • Japanese: 人工言語 (jinkōgengo) — artificially created language
  • Javanese: basa damelan — artificially created language
  • Kannada: ಕೃತಕ ಭಾಷೆಗಳು (kṛtaka bhāṣegaḷu) — artificially created language
  • Kazakh: жасанды тіл (jasandy tıl) — artificially created language
  • Korean: 인공어 (in'gong'eo) — artificially created language
  • Latin: lingua artificialis — artificially created language
  • Latin: lingua constructa — artificially created language
  • Limburgish: kunstaol — artificially created language
  • Malagasy: fiteny foronina — artificially created language
  • Maltese: lingwa mibnija — artificially created language
  • Marathi: कृत्रिमरित्या तयार केलेली भाषा (kŕtrimrityā tayār kelelī bhāṣā) — artificially created language
  • N'Ko: ߞߊ߲߫ ߛߌ߲ߘߌߣߍ߲ — artificially created language
  • Norman: laungue construite — artificially created language
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kunstig språk — artificially created language
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kunstig språk — artificially created language
  • Occitan: lenga construcha — artificially created language
  • Persian: زبان فراساخته — artificially created language
  • Polish: język sztuczny — artificially created language
  • Portuguese: língua artificial — artificially created language
  • Punjabi: مصنوعی زبان (mṣnoʻy zbān) — artificially created language
  • Russian: иску́сственный язы́к (iskússtvennyj jazýk) — artificially created language
  • Russian: конла́нг (konláng) — artificially created language
  • Scots: conleid — artificially created language
  • Scots: constructit leid — artificially created language
  • Serbo-Croatian: umjetni jezici — artificially created language
  • Serbo-Croatian: umjetni jezik — artificially created language
  • Sicilian: lingua artificiali — artificially created language
  • Slovak: umelý jazyk — artificially created language
  • Slovene: umetni jezik — artificially created language
  • Spanish: lengua construida — artificially created language
  • Spanish: lengua artificial — artificially created language
  • Swahili: lugha ya kuundwa — artificially created language
  • Turkish: yapay dil — artificially created language
  • Turkish: yapma dil — artificially created language
  • Ukrainian: шту́чна мо́ва (ru) — artificially created language
  • Ukrainian: конла́нг (konlánh) — artificially created language
  • Vietnamese: ngôn ngữ được xây dựng — artificially created language
  • Volapük: mekavapük — artificially created language
  • Volapük: pük mekavik — artificially created language