metalanguage

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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *meth2? Ancient Greek μετᾰ́ (metắ) Ancient Greek μετᾰ- (metă-)lbor. English meta- Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵhwéh2s Proto-Italic *dn̥ɣwā Latin dingua Latin lingua Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh2tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Vulgar Latin *linguāticum Old French languagebor. Middle English langage English language English metalanguage From meta- + language.

39 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: метаези́к (metaezík) — linguistical term
• Catalan: metallenguatge — linguistical term
• Chinese Mandarin: 元語言 /元语言 (yuányǔyán) — linguistical term
• Chinese Mandarin: 形而上語言 /形而上语言 (xíng'érshàng yǔyán) — linguistical term
• Czech: metajazyk — linguistical term
• Finnish: metakieli — linguistical term
• French: métalangage — linguistical term
• German: Metasprache — linguistical term
• Greek: μεταγλώσσα (metaglóssa) — linguistical term
• Hungarian: metanyelv — linguistical term
• Icelandic: hjálparmál — linguistical term
• Irish: meititheanga — linguistical term
• Italian: metalinguaggio — linguistical term
• Japanese: メタ言語 (meta gengo) — linguistical term
• Kazakh: метатіл (metatıl) — linguistical term
• Polish: metajęzyk — linguistical term
• Portuguese: metalinguagem — linguistical term
• Russian: метаязы́к (metajazýk) — linguistical term
• Slovak: metajazyk — linguistical term
• Swedish: metaspråk — linguistical term
• Thai: อภิภาษา — linguistical term
• Turkish: üstdil — linguistical term
• Ukrainian: метамо́ва (metamóva) — linguistical term
• Chinese Mandarin: 元語言 /元语言 (yuányǔyán) — computing term
• Chinese Mandarin: 形而上語言 /形而上语言 (xíng'érshàng yǔyán) — computing term
• Finnish: metakieli — computing term
• French: métalangage — computing term
• German: Metasprache — computing term
• Greek: μεταγλώσσα (metaglóssa) — computing term
• Icelandic: lýsimál — computing term
• Irish: meititheanga — computing term
• Italian: metalingua — computing term
• Japanese: メタ言語 (meta gengo) — computing term
• Polish: metajęzyk — computing term
• Portuguese: metalinguagem — computing term
• Russian: метаязы́к (metajazýk) — computing term
• Thai: อภิภาษา — computing term
• Turkish: üstdil — computing term
• Ukrainian: метамо́ва (metamóva) — computing term