Associations to the word «Esperanto»

Pictures for the word «Esperanto»

Wiktionary

ESPERANTO, proper noun. 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.
ESPERANTO, proper noun. (figuratively) Anything that is used as a single international medium in place of plural distinct national media.

Dictionary definition

ESPERANTO, noun. An artificial language based as far as possible on words common to all the European languages.

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.