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Etymology
From Esperanto esperanto (one who hopes), from F. espérer, From L. sperare (to hope).

Pronunciation
RP & US:''

• AHD|Ä�s"pÉ�-rÄ�n'tÅ�, Ä�s"pÉ�-rän'tÅ�
• IPA|/Ë�É�spÉ�Ë�rÉ�Ë�ntÉ�Ê�/, /Ë�É�spÉ�Ë�ræntÉ�Ê�/
• SAMPA|/%esp@"r{nt@U/, /%esp@"rAË�nt@U/

Noun
Esperanto

1. The name of an international auxiliary language designed by w:L. L. Zamenhof|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. (metaphorical) Anything that is used as a single international medium in place of plural distinct national media. Example: "The U.S. dollar is the Esperanto of currency."

Related terms
Esperantic
Esperantist

Translations

Albanian: esperanto n
Arabic: ARchar|اسبرا�ت�|إسبرا�ت� (�isbarántu), ARchar|اسپرا�ت�|إسپرا�ت� (�isparántu)
Basque: esperanto
Bosnian: esperantski#Bosnian|esperantski m
Bulgarian: е�пе�ан�о
Catalan: esperanto m
Chinese: ���, ��语 (Shìjiè y�)
Czech: esperanto n
Dutch: Esperanto n
Esperanto: Esperanto
Estonian: Esperanto
Finnish: esperanto
French: espéranto m
German: Esperanto n
Greek: ���ε�άν�ο
Gujarati: �સ�પ�રાન�ત� :gu:�સ�પ�રાન�ત�|^
Hebrew: �ספרנ��|�ֶסְפֶּרַנְ��ֹ (esperanto)
Hindi: �स�प�रान�त� :hi:�स�प�रान�त�|^
Hungarian: eszperantó
Interlingua: esperanto#Interlingua|esperanto
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Irish: Espeirantó m
Italian: esperanto
Japanese: ������ (esuperanto), ������� (esuperanto-go)
Korean: ����� (eseuperanto)
Kurdish: esperantoyî f
Lojban: bangrn­esperanto
Norwegian: esperanto
Novial: esperanto
Persian: FAchar|اسپرا�ت� (esperânto)
Polish: esperanto
Portuguese: esperanto m
Romanian: esperanto, limba esperanto
Russian: ��пе�ан�о
Serbian:

Spanish: esperanto m
Swedish: esperanto c
Vietnamese: qu�c tế ngữ

External links
Reta Vortaro (short : ReVo?) a multingual dictionary with esperanto definitions and translations in many languages. Project started in 1997. You can link from Wikimedia project to ReVo? typing <nowiki>ReVo:vort|vorto</nowiki> (= word) which becomes : ReVo:vort|vorto. See also Wiktionary:Reta Vortaro|ReVo?
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Catalan

Noun
esperanto m

1. Esperanto.

Czech

Noun
esperanto n

1. Esperanto.

Dutch

Noun
Esperanto n

1. Esperanto.

Esperanto

Pronunciation
IPA|/es.pe�ran.to/
SAMPA|/es pe"ran to/

Etymology
From Esperanto verb esperi "to hope", which derives from Latin sperare "to hope".

Noun
Esperanto

1. One who hopes.
2. An international auxiliary language designed by w:L. L. Zamenhof|L. L. Zamenhof with a base vocabulary inspired by Indo-European languages such as English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, and Russian.

See also
esperantisto

Finnish

Noun
esperanto

1. Esperanto.

German

Noun
Esperanto n

1. Esperanto.

Interlingua

Noun
esperanto n

1. Esperanto.

Italian

Noun
esperanto m

1. Esperanto.

See also
esperantista

Norwegian

Noun
esperanto

1. Esperanto.

Polish

Noun
esperanto

1. Esperanto.

Portuguese

Noun
esperanto m

1. Esperanto.

Romanian

Noun
esperanto

1. Esperanto.

Spanish

Noun
esperanto m

1. Esperanto.

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