language universal

noun

, Linguistics.

1. a trait or property of language that exists, or has the potential to exist, in all languages.

Word History and Origins

Origin of language universal¹

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

Understand you!—Oui da! you talk de language universal.

From Project Gutenberg

No adequate effort is being made to render the English language universal throughout its limits, none at all to use it as a medium of thought and enlightenment.

From Project Gutenberg