Esperanto
pronunciation
How to pronounce Esperanto in British English:
UK [ˌespəˈræntəʊ]
How to pronounce Esperanto in American English:
US [ˌespəˈræntoʊ]
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- Noun:
- an artificial language based as far as possible on words common to all the European languages
Word Origin
- Esperanto (n.)
- 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 Spanish esperanza "hope," from esperar, from Latin sperare "hope" (see sperate). For initial e- see e-.
Example
- 1. How can I write the esperanto letters with accents ?
- 2. He wants to learn esperanto .
- 3. Bill can 't speak esperanto .
- 4. It is to the keyboard what esperanto is to language and betamax to videotape .
- 5. He knows esperanto and french , to say nothing of english .