Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An artificial international language based on English.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An artificial language for international use, invented about 1879 by Johann Martin Schleyer, of Constance, Baden.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Literally, world's speech; the name of an artificial language invented by Johan Martin Schleyer, of Constance, Switzerland, about 1879.
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- proper noun An
artificial language created in 1879 by Johann Martin Schleyer.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun one of the first artificial language constructed for use as an auxiliary international language; based largely on English but with some German and French and Latin roots
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Volapük : vola, genitive sing. of vol, world (alteration of English world) + pük, speech (alteration of English speech).]
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From Volapük Volapük.
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fleurymarc commented on the word Volapük
An artificial language, constructed in 1879-1880 by Johann Martin Schleyer, in an attempt to create an international language.
June 8, 2009