Download the app
educalingo
Search

Meaning of "world language" in the English dictionary

Dictionary
DICTIONARY
section

PRONUNCIATION OF WORLD LANGUAGE

world language play
facebooktwitterpinterestwhatsapp

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WORLD LANGUAGE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
World language is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES WORLD LANGUAGE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

World language

A world language is a language spoken internationally and which is learned by many people as a second language. A world language is not only characterized by the number of speakers, but also by its geographical distribution, international organizations and in diplomatic relations. In this respect, major world languages are dominated by languages of European origin. The historical reason for this is the period of expansionist European imperialism and colonialism. The world's most widely used language is English which has over 1.8 billion users world wide. French is the traditional language of diplomacy, and remains one of the working languages of many international organizations. The international prominence of Arabic has its historical reason in the medieval Islamic conquests and the subsequent Arabization of the Middle East and North Africa, and also exists as a liturgical language amongst Muslim communities outside of the Arab World.

Definition of world language in the English dictionary

The definition of world language in the dictionary is a language spoken and known in many countries, such as English. Other definition of world language is an artificial language for international use, such as Esperanto.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WORLD LANGUAGE

world champion
world championship
World Council of Churches
World Court
World Cup
World Fair
World Health Organization
World Heritage Site
world leader
world music
world of one´s own
world power
world record
world scale
World Series
World Service
world title
World Trade Center
World Trade Organization
world view

WORDS THAT END LIKE WORLD LANGUAGE

American sign language
artificial language
body language
command language
English as a Foreign Language
English as a Second Language
first language
formal language
high-level language
language
messuage
native language
natural language
plain language
programming language
second language
sign language
source language
speak the same language
target language
Unified Modeling Language

Synonyms and antonyms of world language in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «world language» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR
online translator

TRANSLATION OF WORLD LANGUAGE

Find out the translation of world language to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of world language from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «world language» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

世界语言
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

idiomas del mundo
570 millions of speakers

English

world language
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

दुनिया भाषा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

لغة العالم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

язык мира
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

língua mundial
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বিশ্ব ভাষা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

langue du monde
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bahasa dunia
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Weltsprache
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

世界の言語
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

세계 언어
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Basa donya
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ngôn ngữ thế giới
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உலக மொழி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

जागतिक भाषा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Dünya dili
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

lingua del mondo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Języki świata
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Мова світу
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

limba lume
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

παγκόσμια γλώσσα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

wêreld taal
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

världsspråk
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

verdensspråk
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of world language

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WORLD LANGUAGE»

The term «world language» is regularly used and occupies the 95.437 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
0
100%
FREQUENCY
Regularly used
56
/100
The map shown above gives the frequency of use of the term «world language» in the different countries.
Principal search tendencies and common uses of world language
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «world language».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WORLD LANGUAGE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «world language» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «world language» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about world language

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WORLD LANGUAGE»

Discover the use of world language in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to world language and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Always On : Language in an Online and Mobile World: Language ...
Our 300-year-old written culture is on the verge of redefinition, Baron notes. It's up to us to determine how and when we use language technologies, and to weigh the personal and social benefits--and costs--of being "always on.
Naomi S. Baron Professor of Linguistics American University, 2008
2
فرس:
Learn to speak, understand, read, and write Farsi with confidence.
Zvjezdana Vrzić, Living Language (Firm), 2007
3
World Language Teacher Education: Transitions and Challenges ...
This volume is an effort to share the contributors' knowledge, experience and ideas with colleagues, particularly with novice language teacher educators.
Jacqueline Davis, 2010
4
Mosaicos: Spanish as a World Language, Unbound (for Books a ...
The 5th edition of "Mosaicos: Spanish as a World Language "provides a fresh, 2lst-century perspective on language teaching and learning in the context of a dynamic introduction to the Hispanic world and its people.
Matilde Olivella Castells, Elizabeth E Guzman, Paloma Lapuerta, 2009
5
Empires of the Word: A Language History of the World
Nicholas Ostler's Empires of the Word is the first history of the world's great tongues, gloriously celebrating the wonder of words that binds communities together and makes possible both the living of a common history and the telling of it ...
Nicholas Ostler, 2011
6
Learning to read the world: language and literacy in the ...
The newborn is amazingly equipped to acquire language and literacy--these early years are the foundation upon which later learning is built.
Sharon E. Rosenkoetter, Joanne Knapp-Philo, 2006
7
The Role of English as a World Language
As the following paragraphs show this is exactly one of the reasons that people are so familiar with it nowadays, and that made me think about this language a little bit more intensive: English is everywhere, even in an official monolingual ...
Kristina Eichhorst, 2013
8
The Logos-structure of the World: Language as a Model of Reality
What unites these is the phenomenology or "empiricism of consciousness" employed by the author, who always speaks out of, and toward, experience. This is no ordinary philosophical text, but a guide to the experience of cognition itself.
Georg Kühlewind, Michael Lipson, 1992
9
A Guide to World Language Dictionaries
Organized in alphabetical order by language, the "Guide" appraises the main dictionaries, assessing the special value of each, its strengths and weaknesses, and how different dictionaries complement one another.
Andrew Dalby, 1998
10
Globish: How English Became the World's Language
Discusses how Anglo-American has become the language of the world, and describes the changes that English has brought to far-away cultures in distant places.
Robert McCrum, 2011

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WORLD LANGUAGE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term world language is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Some schools offering students more foreign language classes
In spite of increased interest, educators and world language advocates said restricted state and local funding and a shortage of certified teachers have kept New ... «Washington Times, Jan 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. World language [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/world-language>. Apr 2024 ».
Download the educalingo app
en
English dictionary
Discover all that is hidden in the words on
index
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z