Esperanto

See also: esperanto, esperantó, and espéranto

§English

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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
• (Received Pronunciation)
  • IPA^(key): /ˌɛspəˈɹæntəʊ/, /ˌɛspəˈɹɑːntəʊ/
• (General American)
  • IPA^(key): /ˌɛspəˈɹæntoʊ/, /ˌɛspəˈɹɑntoʊ/
• Rhymes: -æntəʊ, Rhymes: -ɑːntəʊ

§Proper noun

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.

§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) m ('isbarántu), إسپرانتو m ('isparántu)
• Armenian: էսպերանտո (hy) (ēsperanto)
• Basque: esperanto (eu)
• Breton: esperanteg (br) m
• Bulgarian: есперанто (esperanto)
• Catalan: esperanto (ca) m
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: esperanto (cs) n
• Dhivehi: އެސްޕެރަންތޯ (esperantō)
• Dutch: Esperanto (nl) n
• Esperanto: Esperanto (eo)
• Estonian: Esperanto (et)
• Finnish: esperanto (fi)
• French: espéranto (fr) m
• Georgian: ესპერანტო (esperanto)
• German: Esperanto (de) n
• Greek: Εσπεράντο (Esperánto)
• Greenlandic: Esperanto
• Gujarati: એસ્પેરાન્તો (gu)
• Hebrew: אֶסְפֶּרַנְטוֹ (esperanto)
• Hindi: एस्पेरान्तो (hi) (esperānto)
• Hungarian: eszperantó (hu)
• Ido: please add this translation if you can
• Interlingua: esperanto

• Irish: Esperanto, Sprantais f
• 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 n (esperánto)
• Norwegian: esperanto (no)
• Novial: esperanto
• Occitan: esperanto (oc) m
• Persian: اسپرانتو (fa) (esperânto)
• Polish: esperanto (pl) n
• Portuguese: esperanto (pt) m
• Romanian: esperanto (ro), limba esperanto
• Russian: эсперанто (ru) n (esperánto)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: еспера̀нто m, есперантски m

  Roman: esperànto m, esperantski (sh) m

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

• audio

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• Hyphenation: Es‧pe‧ran‧to

§Noun

Esperanto n (uncountable)

1. Esperanto

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§Esperanto

§Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /es.peˈran.to/

• Audio

  (file)

§Etymology

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.

§Proper noun

Esperanto (accusative Esperanton)

1. Esperanto

§Derived terms

• esperantano (“proponent of Esperanto”)
• Esperantido
• 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, Esperantist”)
• esperantologio (“linguistic study of Esperanto, Esperantology”)
• esperantologo (“specialist in Esperantology, an Esperantologist”)
• esperantumado (“use of Esperanto, Esperanto-related activities”)

§See also

• bonantagulo, kielvifartasulo

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§German

§Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɛspəˈʁanto/

• audio

  (file)

§Noun

Esperanto n (genitive Esperanto)

1. Esperanto

§Usage notes

• 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).

§External links

• Esperanto in Duden online

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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 (uncountable)

1. Misspelling of esperanto.

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§Romanian

§Noun

Esperanto

1. Esperanto

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§Turkish

§Etymology

From Esperanto esperanto.

§Proper noun

Esperanto

1. Esperanto