American Sign Language

English

Proper noun

American Sign Language

Wikipedia

1. a language that uses hands, facial expressions, and other bodily behavior to communicate both concrete and abstract ideas; some signs are based on English words, but ASL syntax and grammar are not based on English.

Synonyms

• Ameslan
• ASL

Translations

language that uses hands, facial expressions, and other bodily behavior to communicate

American Sign Language: A@Side-PalmForward S@Side-PalmForward L@Side-PalmForward Chinese: Mandarin: 美國手語 (zh), 美国手语 (zh) (Měiguó shǒuyǔ) Dutch: Amerikaanse gebarentaal (nl) French: langue des signes américaine (fr) f. Inuktitut: ᐆᒃᑐᐊᕋᐅᓯᕋᖅ ᖃᑉᓗᓈᖅᑐᑦ (uuktuarausiraq qablunaaqtut) Japanese: アメスラン (ja) (amesuran), アメリカ手話 (ja) (Amerika shuwa) Kalaallisut: tuluttut ussersuutit

Korean: 미국 수화 (ko) (Miguk suhwa) Navajo: naʼagizhgo haneʼ Portuguese: língua gestual americana (pt) f. Russian: амслен (ru) (amslen) m., американский язык жестов (ru) (amerikánskij jazýk žéstov) m. Spanish: lengua de señas americana (es) f. Turkish: Amerikan İşaret Dili (tr) Western Canadian Inuktitut: ujjiqsuuraq qablunaaqtut

See also

• Wiktionary's coverage of American Sign Language terms