interlingualadj.
/ɪntəˈlɪŋɡwəl/ Between or relating to two languages.In quot. 1931 spec. = of or relating to an artificial interlanguage (cf. interlanguage n.).
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > a language > using or speaking languages > [adjective] > bilingual > between or relating to two languages
interlingual1854
interlinguistic1947
interlanguage1953
1854 R. G. Latham Native Races Russ. Empire 331 A question of international (or, rather, interlingual) copyright.
1862 Sat. Rev. 14 683/2 A practice of publishers in France, regarding interlingual literary matters.
1931 Mod. Lang. Notes XLVI. 18 Those who..have paid little attention to the interlingual movement.
1941 P. B. Gove Imaginary Voy. Prose Fiction i. i. 8 The term is in some degree interlingual; occasionally to German writers it seems so apposite that it is not translated.
1951 W. Empson Struct. Complex Words xxi. 397 The confusion of translation equivalents is so great that many students have been warned against the interlingual dictionary.
1958 J. Berry in E. Sivertsen Proc. 8th Internat. Congr. Linguists 757 Is it..preferable to follow the orthographic practice of the trade language or that of an interlingual notational inventory such as The Africa Script?
1964 Language 40 243 A minimum of inter-lingual interference.
Derivatives
interˈlingually adv.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > a language > [adverb] > between or relating to two languages
interlingually1966
1966 Publ. Amer. Dial. Soc. xlvi. 5 Whenever two interlingually identified forms are similar in sound and..meaning,..we have a homologous diamorph.
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