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Literally, "a hopeful person"
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esperanto
Alternative clues for the word esperanto
- Language in which plural adjectives end in -aj
- It means "one who hopes"
- You'll find it in 180,000+ Wikipedia articles
- Fourth letter in Oscar Peterson's made-up language
- Language in which "Hello, how are you?" is "Saluton, kiel vi fartas?"
- It has just 16 rules of grammar
- Artificial language invented for international use
Word definitions for esperanto in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Esperanto \Es`pe*ran"to\, n. An artificial language, intended to be universal, devised by Dr. Zamenhof, a Russian, who adopted the pseudonym ``Dr. Esperanto'' in publishing his first pamphlet regarding it in 1887. The vocabulary is very largely ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
“Esperanto” is the main magazine used by the World Esperanto Association to inform their members of virtually everything happening in the world related to the international language Esperanto .
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1892, from Doktoro Esperanto , whose name means in Esperanto, "one who hopes," pen name used on the title page of a book about the artificial would-be universal language published 1887 by its Polish-born creator, Lazarus Ludwig Zamenhof (1859-1917). Compare ...
Usage examples of esperanto.
Germany and abroad, develop gradually into a leading Esperanto review, and thus become an effective medium for the spread of Teachings in Esperantist circles throughout the world.
Cause views with much sympathy and appreciation the activities which the Esperantists are increasingly initiating for the spread of their language, yet it considers that the adoption of the Esperanto by the entire world is by no means an inevitable fact.
Although Esperanto is international in the narrow sense that it incorporates features of more than one national language, it in no way meets the criteria for a global language.
If the only language you know is Chinese or Yoruba or Navajo or Korean, or any one of thousands of other natural languages, Esperanto will look no more familiar to you than any other foreign language does.
Any library of moderate size will have Esperanto teaching materials and publications.
More than 100 international conferences are held in Esperanto every year, without any need for translators or interpreters.
More than 100 magazines and journals in Esperanto are published regularly.
Radio broadcasts in Esperanto are a regular feature in many countries.
That is just as awkward and annoying as the Esperanto letter-plus-x solution.
I considered that sacrifice more than justified by the fact that it would free me from the political baggage Esperanto carries.
He has been specially urging the friends to have the Cause well represented in all Esperanto Congresses and associations, and by this means cultivate greater friendship and cooperation between them and the Esperantists.
Palestine were so disturbed and disorganized that the Guardian could not send a message as you requested, to the Esperanto Congress in Munich in May.
Sam, speaking Esperanto, shook their hands, introduced himself and the others, and then they introduced themselves.
They all spoke Esperanto, of course, though it deviated somewhat from the artificial tongue invented by Dr.
Then Burton, speaking Esperanto, tried to get him to sign up on the Rex.