interlingua
Spanish, noun/ˌinteɾˈlinɡwa/
interlingua is spelled I-N-T-E-R-L-I-N-G-U-A (11 letters) and appears about once in every 65 million words in written Spanish, the 279,992nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Interlingua is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “Interlingua” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Lengua artificial desarrollada por lingüistas profesionales con el objetivo de ser utilizada como lengua…”.
What does interlingua mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineInterlingua
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Lengua artificial desarrollada por lingüistas profesionales con el objetivo de ser utilizada como lengua auxiliar en las comunicaciones internacionales. 2. Lengua artificial desarrollada por Giuseppe Peano como una simplificación del latín eliminando las flexiones.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce interlingua?
- /ˌinteɾˈlinɡwa/
- [ˌĩn̪.t̪eɾˈlĩŋ.ɡwa]
- [ĩn̪t̪eɾˈlĩŋgwa]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is interlingua in Spanish?
interlingua appears about once in every 65 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).