Meanings
proper noun
- A sign language used primarily in the United States of America and Canada.
For example, you could learn American Sign Language (or whichever sign language is common where you live), a common immigrant language, or an indigenous language in your area, rather than make those people speak to you in English (or whatever major language you speak).
2023 December 30, Daniel W. Hieber, “Why I hate conlangs”, in Linguistic Discovery, archived from the original on 24 May 2024
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounA sign language used primarily in the United States of America and Canada.
More synonyms by meaning
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Translations
Arabic لُغَة اَلْإِشَارَة الْأَمْرِيكِيَّة
- لُغَة اَلْإِشَارَة الْأَمْرِيكِيَّة (luḡat al-ʔišāra l-ʔamrīkiyya)language that uses hands, facial expressions, and other bodily behavior to communicate
Chinese Cantonese 美國手語 /美国手语
- 美國手語 /美国手语 (mei⁵ gwok³ sau² jyu⁵)language that uses hands, facial expressions, and other bodily behavior to communicate
Chinese Mandarin 美國手語 /美国手语
- 美國手語 /美国手语 (Měiguó shǒuyǔ)language that uses hands, facial expressions, and other bodily behavior to communicate
Danish amerikansk tegnsprog
- amerikansk tegnsproglanguage that uses hands, facial expressions, and other bodily behavior to communicate
Dutch Amerikaanse gebarentaal
- Amerikaanse gebarentaallanguage that uses hands, facial expressions, and other bodily behavior to communicate
French langue des signes américaine
- langue des signes américainelanguage that uses hands, facial expressions, and other bodily behavior to communicate
German Amerikanische Gebärdensprache
- Amerikanische Gebärdensprachelanguage that uses hands, facial expressions, and other bodily behavior to communicate
Greek αμερικανική νοηματική γλώσσα
- αμερικανική νοηματική γλώσσα (amerikanikí noïmatikí glóssa)language that uses hands, facial expressions, and other bodily behavior to communicate
Hebrew שפת הסימנים האמריקאית
- שפת הסימנים האמריקאית (s’fát hasimaním ha’ameriká’it)language that uses hands, facial expressions, and other bodily behavior to communicate
Icelandic Amerískt táknmál
- Amerískt táknmállanguage that uses hands, facial expressions, and other bodily behavior to communicate
Irish Teanga Chomharthaíochta Mheiriceá, TCM
- Teanga Chomharthaíochta Mheiriceálanguage that uses hands, facial expressions, and other bodily behavior to communicate
- TCMlanguage that uses hands, facial expressions, and other bodily behavior to communicate
Japanese アメスラン, アメリカ手話
- アメスラン (Amesuran)language that uses hands, facial expressions, and other bodily behavior to communicate
- アメリカ手話 (Amerika-shuwa)language that uses hands, facial expressions, and other bodily behavior to communicate
Korean 미국 수화
- 미국 수화 (Miguk suhwa)language that uses hands, facial expressions, and other bodily behavior to communicate
Polish Amerykański Język Migowy
- Amerykański Język Migowylanguage that uses hands, facial expressions, and other bodily behavior to communicate
Portuguese língua de sinais americana, língua americana de sinais
- língua de sinais americanalanguage that uses hands, facial expressions, and other bodily behavior to communicate
- língua americana de sinaislanguage that uses hands, facial expressions, and other bodily behavior to communicate
Romanian limba semnelor americane
- limba semnelor americanelanguage that uses hands, facial expressions, and other bodily behavior to communicate
Russian амсле́н, америка́нский язы́к же́стов
- амсле́н (amslén)language that uses hands, facial expressions, and other bodily behavior to communicate
- америка́нский язы́к же́стов (amerikánskij jazýk žéstov)language that uses hands, facial expressions, and other bodily behavior to communicate
Scottish Gaelic Cànan-soidhnidh Aimeireaga
- Cànan-soidhnidh Aimeireagalanguage that uses hands, facial expressions, and other bodily behavior to communicate
Spanish lengua de señas americana
- lengua de señas americanalanguage that uses hands, facial expressions, and other bodily behavior to communicate
Turkish Amerikan İşaret Dili
- Amerikan İşaret Dililanguage that uses hands, facial expressions, and other bodily behavior to communicate
Cite this entry
APA
American Sign Language. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/American%20Sign%20Language
MLA
“American Sign Language.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/American%20Sign%20Language. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “American Sign Language,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/American%20Sign%20Language.
Source: American Sign Language on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.