exolingual

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adjective

Pertaining to a series of utterances between two people who do not speak the same language.

OriginEnglish lingual ← Latin linguāli ← Ancient Greek ἔξω (éxō) →
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Meanings

adjectiveexolingual (not comparable)
  1. not comparablehuman sciencesPertaining to a series of utterances between two people who do not speak the same language.

    Studies of interaction in contact situations have often concentrated on so-called "exolingual" conversations between natives and non-natives.

    2007, Konstanze Jungbluth, Identities in Migration Contexts, page 53

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekἐκ (ek)
  2. Ancient Greekἔξω (éxō)
  3. Englishexo-
  4. Latinlinguāli
  5. Englishlingual
  6. Englishexolingual

From exo- + lingual.

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Translations

French exolingue
  • exolinguepertaining to a series of utterances between two people who do not speak the same language

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with exolingual

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Cite this entry
APA

exolingual. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exolingual

MLA

“exolingual.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exolingual. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “exolingual,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exolingual.

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