interlingual

[ in-ter-ling-gwuhl ]

adjective

1. pertaining to or using two or more languages:

   an interlingual dictionary.

Other Words From

• inter·lingual·ism noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of interlingual¹

First recorded in 1850–55; inter- + lingual

Example Sentences

The words truly are untranslatable, so we are left with a slurry of useless definitions and little of the frisson of interlingual delight.

From New York Times

To make such systems as simple as possible, programmers have invented a coded, largely numerical language called "interlingual."

From Time Magazine Archive

Instead of translating directly from Japanese into German, the computer ! would translate from Japanese into interlingual and then into German.

From Time Magazine Archive

If we did not use interlingual, then each pair of languages would require the development of a specific set of grammatical rules and a bilingual dictionary.

From Time Magazine Archive

Differences of speech were no bar, for the tom tom code was interlingual.

From Project Gutenberg