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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.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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noun
The status of not being associated to or confined to one language.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A word, phrase or lexeme which is commonly found either in multiple languages or not limited to a single language.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
From interlingual (“between or across languages”) + -ism (abstract-noun suffix).
