Esperanto

== English == === Etymology === A learned borrowing from Esperanto Esperanto. Originally, this was the pseudonym assumed by the creator of the language, L. L. Zamenhof, and the language was called Lingvo Internacia (“international language”). The term first appears in the publication Science in 1892. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌɛspəˈɹæntəʊ/, /ˌɛspəˈɹɑːntəʊ/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˌɛspəˈɹæntoʊ/, /ˌɛspəˈɹɑntoʊ/ Rhymes: -æntəʊ, -ɑːntəʊ === Proper noun === Esperanto An international auxiliary language designed by L. L. Zamenhof. For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Esperanto. (figuratively) Anything that is used as a single international medium in place of plural distinct national media. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === Category:Esperanto language Appendix:Esperanto Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Esperanto === Further reading === Reta Vortaro (short : ReVo) a multilingual dictionary with esperanto definitions and translations in many languages. See also ReVo ISO 639-1 code eo, ISO 639-3 code epo (SIL) Ethnologue entry for Esperanto, epo ⁠ Akademio de Esperanto Esperanto on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === personate == Bikol Central == === Proper noun === Esperanto (Basahan spelling ᜁᜐ᜔ᜉᜒᜍᜈ᜔ᜆᜓ) Esperanto (auxiliary language) == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from Esperanto Esperanto. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌɛs.pəˈrɑn.toː/ Hyphenation: Es‧pe‧ran‧to === Proper noun === Esperanto n Esperanto ==== Derived terms ==== esperantisme esperantist == Esperanto == === Etymology === From Doktoro Esperanto ("Doctor Hopeful"), the pen-name of Esperanto's author, Dr. Ludwik Łazarz Zamenhof, when he published the language in 1887; from esperanto (“one who hopes”), from the verb esperi (“to hope”), from French espérer, Spanish esperar, ultimately from Latin spērō (“to hope”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /espeˈranto/ Rhymes: -anto Syllabification: Es‧pe‧ran‧to === Proper noun === Esperanto (accusative Esperanton) Esperanto ==== Derived terms ==== == German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌɛspəˈʁanto/ === Proper noun === Esperanto n (proper noun, strong, genitive Esperantos or Esperanto) Esperanto ==== Usage notes ==== 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 (e.g. die Grammatik des Esperanto) and with the preposition in (e.g. die Pluralbildung im Esperanto). === Further reading === “Esperanto” in Duden online == Ido == === Etymology === Borrowed from Esperanto Esperanto. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /espeˈranto/ === Proper noun === Esperanto Esperanto ==== Synonyms ==== (dated) Esp. Espo ==== Derived terms ==== Esperantala Esperantisto Esperantismo === See also === esperanto == Interlingua == === Noun === Esperanto Esperanto == Italian == === Noun === Esperanto m (uncountable) Esperanto === See also === esperantista === Anagrams === pensatore, speronate == Romanian == === Noun === Esperanto n (uncountable) alternative letter-case form of esperanto == Tagalog == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish esperanto, from Esperanto Esperanto, from esperanto (“one who hopes”). === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔespeˈɾanto/ [ʔɛs.pɛˈɾan̪.t̪o] Rhymes: -anto Syllabification: Es‧pe‧ran‧to === Proper noun === Esperanto (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜐ᜔ᜉᜒᜇᜈ᜔ᜆᜓ) Esperanto (auxiliary language) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “Esperanto”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018 Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972), Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 254 == Turkish == === Etymology === From Esperanto Esperanto. === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Esperanto Esperanto