interlingual

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From inter- +‎ lingual.

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interlingual (not comparable)

  1. (linguistics, translation studies) Spanning multiple languages; having a multilingual flair or quality.
    • 2004, Wolfram Wilss, edited by Kirsten Malmkjær, Translation in Undergraduate Degree Programmes, John Benjamins Publishing Co, page 9:
      Why is translation suitable as a subject-matter of academic study, or to raise this question in a somewhat different and perhaps more challenging form: What distinguishes everyday, intralingual communication from interlingual, "exceptional" communication?

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