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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 Citations:Esperanto.

Derived terms

• Esperantic
• Esperantist

Translations

See also

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

Anagrams

• personate

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Es‧pe‧ran‧to

Noun

Esperanto n ‎(uncountable)

1. Esperanto

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /es.peˈran.to/

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

• esperanta ‎(“of or relating to Esperanto”)
• 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

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɛspəˈʁanto/

Proper 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).

Interlingua

Noun

Esperanto

1. Esperanto

Italian

Noun

Esperanto m

1. Esperanto

See also

• esperantista

Anagrams

• pensatore
• speronate

Portuguese

Noun

Esperanto m (uncountable)

1. Misspelling of esperanto.

Romanian

Noun

Esperanto n ‎(uncountable)

1. Alternative letter-case form of esperanto

Turkish

Etymology

From Esperanto Esperanto.

Proper noun

Esperanto

1. Esperanto

Basque

Noun

esperanto

1. Esperanto

Declension