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interlingual

interlingual

7.6
Used between two or more languages, for example in translation
  • adjective
  • /ˌɪntərˈlɪŋɡwəl/
translation icon : interlingüístico
  • The language of Chicano theater is predominantly Chicano, an interlingual blend of English and Spanish.

Examples

  • The research focused on interlingual communication between speakers of different languages.

  • L'Autre Don Juan may be a French farce, but the constant presence of the author-character and the interlingual games are guaranteed to keep audiences aware of the original source of this complex metatheatrical text.

    Academic text (1992)
  • Read the Accent of the Other with an Interlingual Memory of Your Own.

    Blog text (10)
  • It is obvious, though, that Chita is not a multi- or interlingual novel in terms of balance.

    Academic text (2018)
  • Nevertheless, writing ability and even a student's oral CALP have high interlingual correlations (Carson et al. 1990).

    Academic text (1997)
  • The precise effects of this interlingual approach to literature in English (or mainly in English) are manifest in semantic, aesthetic, and thematic forms.

    Academic text (2017)
  • Interlingual education programs help students learn to navigate multiple languages effectively.

  • Many scholars study interlingual phenomena to understand how languages influence each other.

Synonyms

cross-linguistic
vsinterlingual
  • Specialized
8.2

Relating to more than one language, often comparing grammar or sounds

relates generally to involving two or more languages without analytic emphasis

Compounds

A written text in another language that keeps the same meaning

How Many Languages

polyglot
1 7.4
multilingual
7 4.3
interlingual
7.6
bilingual
33 4.0

Surface Forms

interlingual positive

Morphology

interlingual = lingual (transparent) = inter + lingual

Formed by the productive prefix 'inter-' (between) added to 'lingual' (relating to language), yielding a clear 'between languages' sense.

Etymology

The word interlingual comes from two parts: inter- meaning 'between' and lingua meaning 'tongue' or 'language'. So interlingual describes something that goes 'between languages', like translation or communication that involves more than one language.