English Explanatory Dictionary

auxiliary language

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any language (whether constructed or natural), such as Volapük, Esperanto, Swahili, French, Russian or English, used or intended to be used (locally, regionally, nationally or internationally) for intercommunication by speakers of various other languages.
  2. Ellipsis of international auxiliary language.
  3. A local minority language which has official recognition.
  4. A liturgical language, such as Latin, Sanskrit, or Old Church Slavonic, used in religious services.

Word forms

auxiliary language auxiliary languages

Synonyms

auxlang

Related words

constructed language

Derived words

international auxiliary language

Translations

Aragonese: luenga auxiliar Catalan: llengua auxiliar Chinese Mandarin: 輔助語 /辅助语 Danish: hjælpesprog Esperanto: helplingvo Finnish: apukieli French: langue auxiliaire Galician: lingua auxiliar Galician: auxilingua German: Hilfssprache Ido: helpolinguo Interlingua: lingua auxiliar Italian: lingua ausiliaria Norwegian Bokmål: hjelpespråk Norwegian Nynorsk: hjelpespråk Polish: język pomocniczy Portuguese: língua auxiliar Romanian: limbă auxiliară Russian: вспомога́тельный язы́к Spanish: lengua auxiliar Spanish: auxilengua Swedish: hjälpspråk Volapük: yufapük
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