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ESPERANTO
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Esperanto mean?
• ESPERANTO (noun)
The noun ESPERANTO has 1 sense:
1. an artificial language based as far as possible on words common to all the European languages
Familiarity information: ESPERANTO used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An artificial language based as far as possible on words common to all the European languages
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Esperanto" is a kind of...):
artificial language (a language that is deliberately created for a specific purpose)
Context examples
You can study French, or you can study German, or cut them both out and study Esperanto, you'll get the culture tone just the same.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
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