Esperanto

From Esperanto esperanto (“one who hopes”), from French espérer, from Latin sperare (“to hope”). Originally, this was the pseudonym assumed by the language's creator, L. L. Zamenhof, and the language was called Lingvo Internacia (“international language”).

• enPR: ĕs"pə-răn'tō, ĕs"pə-rän'tō
• (Received Pronunciation)
  • IPA^(key): /ˌɛspəˈɹæntəʊ/, /ˌɛspəˈɹɑːntəʊ/
• (General American)
  • IPA^(key): /ˌɛspəˈɹæntoʊ/, /ˌɛspəˈɹɑntoʊ/

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• Rhymes: -æntəʊ, Rhymes: -ɑːntəʊ

Esperanto

1. An international auxiliary language designed by L. L. Zamenhof with a base vocabulary inspired by Indo-European languages such as English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, and Russian, and having a streamlined grammar with completely regular conjugations, declensions, and inflections.
2. (figuratively) Anything that is used as a single international medium in place of plural distinct national media.
   • The U.S. dollar is the Esperanto of currency.
   • 1994, Terry Pratchet, Interesting Times:

     …making its usual explicit request in the Esperanto of brutality.

• For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:Esperanto.

• Esperantic
• Esperantist

• Category:Esperanto language
• Appendix:Esperanto Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Esperanto

• Reta Vortaro (short : ReVo) a multingual dictionary with esperanto definitions and translations in many languages. See also ReVo
• ISO 639-1 code eo, ISO 639-3 code epo
• Ethnologue entry for Esperanto, eo
• Akademio de Esperanto

• personate

Borrowed from Esperanto Esperanto.

• IPA^(key): /ˌɛs.pəˈrɑn.toː/

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• Hyphenation: Es‧pe‧ran‧to

Esperanto n (uncountable)

1. Esperanto

From the verb esperi (“to hope”), which ultimately derives from Latin sperare (“to hope”), and the affix -anto; meaning in Esperanto one who hopes. Doktoro Esperanto ("Doctor Hopeful") was the pen-name of Esperanto's author, Dr. Zamenhof, when he published the language in 1887.

• IPA^(key): /espeˈranto/, /es.peˈɾɐn.to/, /ɛs.pɛˈɾan.tɔ/
• Hyphenation: Es‧pe‧ran‧to
• Rhymes: -anto

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Esperanto (accusative Esperanton)

1. Esperanto

• esperanta (“of or relating to Esperanto”)
• esperantano (“proponent of Esperanto”)
• Esperantido
• esperantigi (“translate to Esperanto”)
• Esperantio, Esperantujo (“notional land of Esperantists”)
• esperantismo (“the ideal of a neutral, universal auxiliary language”)
• esperantistiĝi (“become an Esperantist”)
• esperantisto (“active user of Esperanto, Esperantist”)
• esperantologio (“linguistic study of Esperanto, Esperantology”)
• esperantologo (“specialist in Esperantology, an Esperantologist”)
• esperantumado (“use of Esperanto, Esperanto-related activities”)

• IPA^(key): /ˌɛspəˈʁanto/

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Esperanto n (genitive Esperanto)

1. Esperanto

• 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 (die Grammatik des Esperanto) and with the preposition in (die Pluralbildung im Esperanto).

• Esperanto in Duden online

Borrowed from Esperanto Esperanto.

• IPA^(key): /espeˈranto/

Esperanto

1. Esperanto

• (dated) Esp.
• Espo

• Esperantala
• Esperantisto
• Esperantismo

• esperanto

Esperanto

1. Esperanto

Esperanto m

1. Esperanto

• esperantista

• pensatore
• speronate

Esperanto m (uncountable)

• IPA^(key): /ˈispeˈɾɐ̃tʊ/

Esperanto m (uncountable)

1. Misspelling of esperanto.

Esperanto n (uncountable)

1. Alternative letter-case form of esperanto

From Esperanto Esperanto.

Esperanto

1. Esperanto