Definitions for Esperanto

Esperanto Es·pe·ran·to

Spelling: [es-puh-rahn-toh, -ran-]
IPA: /ˌɛs pəˈrɑn toʊ, -ˈræn-/

Esperanto is a 9 letter English word.

You can make 820 anagrams from letters in Esperanto (aeenoprst).

Definitions for Esperanto

noun

  1. an artificial language invented in 1887 by L. L. Zamenhof (1859–1917), a Polish physician and philologist, and intended for international use. It is based on word roots common to the major European languages.

Origin of Esperanto

1890-95; orig. pseudonym of inventor; literally, the hoping one. See esperance

Examples for Esperanto

The only Esperanto was the old diplomatic language of suspicion and greed.

Esperanto fell well short of Zamenhof's goal of a universal second language, but it was not a complete failure.

He flung what few phrases of Latin and Esperanto he had at them.

The universal language of humanity is neither Volapuk, nor Esperanto, nor Ido.

And Mangum swears that his knowledge of Esperanto better prepared him to learn Spanish.

"I'd like a word with you," he said, speaking English rather than Esperanto.

Nowhere is this pipe dream more obvious than in the history of Esperanto, one of the world's most well-known invented languages.

To this day, many Esperanto enthusiasts, including Doug Mangum of Greensboro, N.C., share in this frustration.

Esperanto has no indefinite article for either singular or plural.

True, individuals have invented Esperanto and other artificial languages.

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