Interlingual

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪŋɡwÉ™l

Origin

inter- + lingual

Full definition of interlingual

Adjective

1. (linguistics, translation studies) Spanning across multiple languages; having a multilingual flair or quality.
• 2004, Wolfram Wilss, Translation in Undergraduate Degree Programmes, edited by Kirsten Malmkjær, John Benjamins Publishing Co, p. 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?

Antonyms

• intralingual