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CROSS-LINGUISTIC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cross-linguistic mean?
• CROSS-LINGUISTIC (adjective)
The adjective CROSS-LINGUISTIC has 1 sense:
1. relating to different languages
Familiarity information: CROSS-LINGUISTIC used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• CROSS-LINGUISTIC (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Relating to different languages
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Context example:
cross-linguistic evidence
Pertainym:
language (a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols)
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