Esperanto Definition
Esperanto
See also esperanto, esperantó, and espéranto
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English
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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”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: ĕs"pə-răn'tō, ĕs"pə-rän'tō
- (RP)
- IPA: /ˌɛspəˈɹæntəʊ/, /ˌɛspəˈɹɑːntəʊ/
- SAMPA: /%Esp@"r\{nt@U/, /%Esp@"r\A:nt@U/
- (GenAm)
- IPA: /ˌɛspəˈɹæntoʊ/, /ˌɛspəˈɹɑntoʊ/
- SAMPA: /%Esp@"r\{ntoU/, /%Esp@"r\AntoU/
- Rhymes: -æntəʊ, Rhymes: -ɑːntəʊ
Proper noun
Esperanto
- The name of 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.
Quotations
- For examples of the usage of this term see the citations page.
Derived terms
- Esperantic
- Esperantist
See also
- Category:Esperanto language
- Appendix:Esperanto Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Esperanto
External links
- Reta Vortaro (short : ReVo) a multingual dictionary with esperanto definitions and translations in many languages. See also ReVo
- ISO 639-1 code , ISO 639-3 code (SIL)
- Ethnologue entry for Esperanto,
- Akademio de Esperanto
Anagrams
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Noun
Esperanto n.
Esperanto
Pronunciation
Etymology
From the verb esperi (“to hope”), which 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.
Proper noun
Esperanto (accusative Esperanton)
Derived terms
- esperantano (“proponent of Esperanto”)
- esperantigi (“translate to Esperanto”)
- Esperantio, (dated) Esperantujo (“notional land of Esperantists”)
- esperantismo (“the ideal of a neutral, universal auxiliary language”)
- esperantistiĝi (“become an Esperantist”)
- esperantisto (“active user of Esperanto”)
- esperantologio (“linguistic study of Esperanto, Esperantology”)
- esperantologo (“specialist in Esperantology, an Esperantologist”)
- esperantumado
See also
German
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Noun
Esperanto n.
Interlingua
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Esperanto
Italian
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Esperanto m.
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Anagrams
Portuguese
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Esperanto m. (plural Esperantos)
Romanian
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Esperanto
Turkish
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From Spanish esperanto or Italian Esperanto.
Proper noun
Esperanto
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