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name · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • ĭn'tə(r)lĭng"wə
  • /ɪn.tə(ɹ).lɪŋ.ɡwə/
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name

Meaning 1

A constructed interlanguage based on Romance languages, English, German, Russian and Latin, developed by the International Auxiliary Language Association, and first published in 1951.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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name

Meaning 2

Latino sine flexione, a simplified version of Latin by Giuseppe Peano

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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noun

Meaning 3

an interlanguage

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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noun

Meaning 4

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: artificial language

History

Etymology

Coined possibly independently multiple times in multiple languages, but modern use derives from the Interlingua word. The word itself comes from Latin inter (“between”) + lingua (“language”).

From inter- + Latin lingua (“language”).

Across languages

Translations

55 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: interlingua — interlanguage based on Romance languages
  • Arabic: إِنْتَرْلِنْغْوَا (ʔintarlinḡwā) — interlanguage based on Romance languages
  • Armenian: ինտերլինգվա (interlingva) — interlanguage based on Romance languages
  • Basque: interlingua — interlanguage based on Romance languages
  • Belarusian: інтэрлі́нгва (interlínhva) — interlanguage based on Romance languages
  • Bulgarian: интерли́нгва (interlíngva) — interlanguage based on Romance languages
  • Catalan: interlingua — interlanguage based on Romance languages
  • Chinese Mandarin: 國際語 /国际语 (Guójìyǔ) — interlanguage based on Romance languages
  • Czech: interlingua — interlanguage based on Romance languages
  • Danish: interlingua — interlanguage based on Romance languages
  • Dutch: Interlingua — interlanguage based on Romance languages
  • Esperanto: Interlingvao — interlanguage based on Romance languages
  • Finnish: interlingua — interlanguage based on Romance languages
  • French: Interlingua — interlanguage based on Romance languages
  • West-Frisian: Ynterlingua — interlanguage based on Romance languages
  • Galician: Interlingua — interlanguage based on Romance languages
  • Georgian: ინტერლინგუა (inṭerlingua) — interlanguage based on Romance languages
  • German: Interlingua — interlanguage based on Romance languages
  • Gujarati: ઇંટરલિંગુઆ (iṇṭarliṅguā) — interlanguage based on Romance languages
  • Hebrew: אינטרלינגואה (interlingua) — interlanguage based on Romance languages
  • Hindi: इंटरलिंगुआ (iṇṭarliṅguā) — interlanguage based on Romance languages
  • Hungarian: interlingva — interlanguage based on Romance languages
  • Ido: Interlingua — interlanguage based on Romance languages
  • Interlingua: interlingua — interlanguage based on Romance languages
  • Interlingua: Interlingua — interlanguage based on Romance languages
  • Italian: interlingua — interlanguage based on Romance languages
  • Japanese: インターリングア (Intāringua) — interlanguage based on Romance languages
  • Japanese: インターリングア語 (Intāringua-go) — interlanguage based on Romance languages
  • Kashubian: interlingua — interlanguage based on Romance languages
  • Korean: 인테르링구아 (Intereuringgua) — interlanguage based on Romance languages
  • Korean: 인터링구아 (Inteoringgua) — interlanguage based on Romance languages
  • Latin: Interlingua — interlanguage based on Romance languages
  • Lithuanian: Interlingua — interlanguage based on Romance languages
  • Luxembourgish: Interlingua — interlanguage based on Romance languages
  • Macedonian: интерли́нгва (interlíngva) — interlanguage based on Romance languages
  • Marathi: इंटरलिंगुआ (iṇṭarliṅguā) — interlanguage based on Romance languages
  • Mongolian: интерлингва (interlingva) — interlanguage based on Romance languages
  • Norwegian: Interlingua — interlanguage based on Romance languages
  • Persian: زبان میانجی (zabân-e miyânji) — interlanguage based on Romance languages
  • Persian: اینترلینگو (interlingua) — interlanguage based on Romance languages
  • Polish: interlingua — interlanguage based on Romance languages
  • Portuguese: interlíngua — interlanguage based on Romance languages
  • Romanian: Interlingua — interlanguage based on Romance languages
  • Russian: интерли́нгва (intɛrlíngva) — interlanguage based on Romance languages
  • Serbo-Croatian: интерлингва — interlanguage based on Romance languages
  • Serbo-Croatian: interlingva — interlanguage based on Romance languages
  • Slovak: Interlingua — interlanguage based on Romance languages
  • Spanish: interlingua — interlanguage based on Romance languages
  • Swedish: interlingua — interlanguage based on Romance languages
  • Thai: ภาษาอินเตอร์ลิงกวา (paasăa inderlinggwaa) — interlanguage based on Romance languages
  • Turkish: İnterlingua — interlanguage based on Romance languages
  • Ukrainian: інтерлі́нгва (interlínhva) — interlanguage based on Romance languages
  • Ukrainian: інтерлі́нґва (interlíngva) — interlanguage based on Romance languages
  • Urdu: انٹرلنگوا (iṇṭarliṅguā) — interlanguage based on Romance languages
  • Vietnamese: Interlingua — interlanguage based on Romance languages
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