Esperanto

See also esperanto, esperantó, and espéranto

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symbol of Esperanto

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: ĕs"pə-răn'tō, ĕs"pə-rän'tō
• (RP)
  • IPA: /ˌɛspəˈɹæntəʊ/, /ˌɛspəˈɹɑːntəʊ/
  • X-SAMPA: /%Esp@"r\{nt@U/, /%Esp@"r\A:nt@U/
• (GenAm)
  • IPA: /ˌɛspəˈɹæntoʊ/, /ˌɛspəˈɹɑntoʊ/
  • X-SAMPA: /%Esp@"r\{ntoU/, /%Esp@"r\AntoU/
• Rhymes: -æntəʊ, Rhymes: -ɑːntəʊ

Proper noun

Esperanto

1. The name of 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.

Quotations

• For usage examples of this term, see the citations page.

Derived terms

• Esperantic
• Esperantist

See also

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

Translations

auxiliary language

• Albanian: esperanto (sq) n
• Arabic: إسبرانتو (ar) ('isbarántu) m, إسپرانتو (ar) ('isparántu) m
• Armenian: էսպերանտո (hy) (ēsperanto)
• Basque: esperanto (eu)
• Breton: esperanteg (br) m
• Bulgarian: есперанто (bg) (esperanto)
• Catalan: esperanto (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 世界語 (cmn), 世界语 (cmn) (Shìjièyǔ)

• Czech: esperanto (cs) n
• Dutch: Esperanto (nl) n
• Esperanto: Esperanto (eo)
• Estonian: Esperanto (et)
• Finnish: esperanto (fi)
• French: espéranto (fr) m
• Georgian: ესპერანტო (ka) (Esperanto)
• German: Esperanto (de) n
• Greek: Εσπεράντο (el) (Esperánto)
• Greenlandic: Esperanto (kl)
• Gujarati: એસ્પેરાન્તો (gu)
• Hebrew: אֶסְפֶּרַנְטוֹ (he) (esperanto)
• Hindi: एस्पेरान्तो (hi) (esperānto)
• Hungarian: eszperantó (hu)
• Interlingua: esperanto
• Irish: Esperanto (ga), Sprantais (ga) m

• Italian: esperanto (it)
• Japanese: エスペラント (ja) (Esuperanto), エスペラント語 (ja) (Esuperanto-go)
• Korean: 에스페란토 (ko) (Eseuperanto)
• Kurdish: esperantoyî (ku) f
• Limburgish: Èspransj (li) n
• Lojban: bangrn­esperanto
• Macedonian: есперанто (mk) (esperánto) n
• Norwegian: esperanto (no)
• Novial: esperanto
• Occitan: esperanto (oc) m
• Persian: اسپرانتو (fa) (esperânto)
• Polish: esperanto n
• Portuguese: esperanto m
• Romanian: esperanto, limba esperanto
• Russian: эсперанто (ru) (esperánto) n (indeclinable)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: еспера̀нто (sh) m, есперантски (sh) m

  Roman: esperànto (sh) m, esperantski (sh) m

• Spanish: esperanto (es) m
• Swedish: esperanto (sv) c
• Thai: เอสเปรันโต (th) (àyt-bpay-ran-dtoh), ภาษาเอสเปรันโต (th) (paa-săa àyt-bpay-ran-dtoh)
• Turkish: Esperanto (tr)
• Vietnamese: quốc tế ngữ (vi), tiếng quốc tế ngữ (vi)
• Volapük: Sperantapük (vo)

External links

• 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

Anagrams

• personate

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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Noun

Esperanto n (uncountable)

1. Esperanto

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Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA: /es.peˈran.to/, X-SAMPA: /es pe"ran to/

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Etymology

From the verb esperi (“to hope”), which 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.

Proper noun

Esperanto (accusative Esperanton)

1. Esperanto

Derived terms

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

See also

• bonantagulo, kielvifartasulo

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German

Pronunciation

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Noun

Esperanto n

1. Esperanto

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Interlingua

Noun

Esperanto

1. Esperanto

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Italian

Noun

Esperanto m

1. Esperanto

See also

• esperantista

Anagrams

• pensatore
• speronate

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Portuguese

Noun

Esperanto m (usually uncountable)

1. Common misspelling of esperanto.

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Romanian

Noun

Esperanto

1. Esperanto

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Turkish

Etymology

From Spanish esperanto or Italian Esperanto.

Proper noun

Esperanto

1. Esperanto