есперанто

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto Esperanto, itself from Doktoro Esperanto (Doctor Hopeful), the pen-name of Esperanto’s creator, Dr. Zamenhof, when he published the language in 1887, from esperanto (one who hopes), in turn from the verb esperi (to hope), from French espérer, which ultimately derives from Latin spērō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [espɛˈranto]
  • Rhymes: -anto

Noun

еспера́нто • (esperánton (relational adjective еспера́нтски)

  1. Esperanto (auxiliary language)

Declension

Declension of еспера́нто
singular
indefinite еспера́нто
esperánto
definite еспера́нтото
esperántoto

Derived terms

References

  • есперанто”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • есперанто”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “еспера́нто”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 605

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Esperanto Esperanto.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /esperǎnto/
  • Hyphenation: ес‧пе‧ран‧то

Noun

еспера̀нто m inan (Latin spelling esperànto)

  1. (uncountable) Esperanto

Declension

Ukrainian

Etymology

From Esperanto Esperanto.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [espeˈrantɔ]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

еспера́нто • (esperántof inan or n inan (indeclinable, relational adjective еспера́нтський)

  1. (uncountable) Esperanto

Further reading

  • Rusanivskyi, V. M., editor (2013), “еспера́нто”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 4 (д – жучо́к), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN