epilanguage
epilanguage · epilanguages
A second language used regularly for some purpose or purposesA second language used regularly for some purpose or purposes (such as for scholarship and scientific research).
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)A second language used regularly for some purpose or purposes (such as for scholarship and scientific research).
(countable, uncountable)A more subconscious, self-imposed, form of metalanguage, determining the form in which a message will be uttered.
Translations
2 languagesOrigin
From epi- + language.From epi- + language.
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Forms
plural: epilanguages| Singular | epilanguage |
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regular
Word family
1 related wordsRelatedepilinguistic
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable