WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
in•ter•lan•guage
(in′tər lang′gwij),USA pronunciation n.
- Linguisticsa language created or used for international communication.
- Linguistics(in second-language acquisition) the linguistic system characterizing the output of a nonnative speaker at any stage prior to full acquisition of the target language.
- inter- + language 1925–30
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