Esperanto
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Esperanto esperanto (“one who hopes”), from French espérer, from Latin sperare (“to hope”). Originally, this was the pseudonym assumed by the language's creator, L. L. Zamenhof, and the language was called Lingvo Internacia (“international language”).
PronunciationEdit
- enPR: ĕs"pə-răn'tō, ĕs"pə-rän'tō
- (Received Pronunciation)
- (General American)
- Rhymes: -æntəʊ, Rhymes: -ɑːntəʊ
Proper nounEdit
Esperanto
- An international auxiliary language designed by L. L. Zamenhof with a base vocabulary inspired by Indo-European languages such as English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, and Russian, and having a streamlined grammar with completely regular conjugations, declensions, and inflections.
- (figuratively) Anything that is used as a single international medium in place of plural distinct national media.
- The U.S. dollar is the Esperanto of currency.
- 1994, Terry Pratchet, Interesting Times:
- …making its usual explicit request in the Esperanto of brutality.
QuotationsEdit
- For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:Esperanto.
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
auxiliary language
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See alsoEdit
- Category:Esperanto language
- Appendix:Esperanto Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Esperanto
Further readingEdit
- Reta Vortaro (short : ReVo) a multingual dictionary with esperanto definitions and translations in many languages. See also ReVo
- ISO 639-1 code eo, ISO 639-3 code epo
- Ethnologue entry for Esperanto, eo
- Akademio de Esperanto
AnagramsEdit
DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Esperanto Esperanto.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
Esperanto n (uncountable)
EsperantoEdit
EtymologyEdit
From the verb esperi (“to hope”), which ultimately derives from Latin sperare (“to hope”), and the affix -anto; meaning in Esperanto one who hopes. Doktoro Esperanto ("Doctor Hopeful") was the pen-name of Esperanto's author, Dr. Zamenhof, when he published the language in 1887.
PronunciationEdit
- IPA(key): /espeˈranto/, /es.peˈɾɐn.to/, /ɛs.pɛˈɾan.tɔ/
- Hyphenation: Es‧pe‧ran‧to
- Rhymes: -anto
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Proper nounEdit
Esperanto (accusative Esperanton)
Derived termsEdit
- esperanta (“of or relating to Esperanto”)
- esperantano (“proponent of Esperanto”)
- Esperantido
- esperantigi (“translate to Esperanto”)
- Esperantio, Esperantujo (“notional land of Esperantists”)
- esperantismo (“the ideal of a neutral, universal auxiliary language”)
- esperantistiĝi (“become an Esperantist”)
- esperantisto (“active user of Esperanto, Esperantist”)
- esperantologio (“linguistic study of Esperanto, Esperantology”)
- esperantologo (“specialist in Esperantology, an Esperantologist”)
- esperantumado (“use of Esperanto, Esperanto-related activities”)
GermanEdit
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Esperanto n (genitive Esperanto)
Usage notesEdit
- The word can be used with or without a definite article: (Das) Esperanto ist eine Kunstsprache. (“Esperanto is a constructed language.”) The form with no article is generally more common, but the article is necessary in the genitive case (die Grammatik des Esperanto) and with the preposition in (die Pluralbildung im Esperanto).
Further readingEdit
- Esperanto in Duden online
IdoEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Esperanto Esperanto.
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Esperanto
SynonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
See alsoEdit
InterlinguaEdit
ItalianEdit
PortugueseEdit
PronunciationEdit
Esperanto m (uncountable)
NounEdit
Esperanto m (uncountable)
- Misspelling of esperanto.