panlinguistic

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adjective

Occurring in all languages

Scrabble 18

Meanings

adjectivepanlinguistic (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOccurring in all languages

    This is a panlinguistic phenomenon that applies to Chinese no less than to any other developed writing systems.

    1997, William C. Hannas, Asia's Orthographic Dilemma, University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 106
  2. not comparableIncluding all languages

    However, since this article is meant for a panlinguistic audience, an English translation of the communicative exercises that accompany the text is also provided for colleagues who do not possess a reading knowledge of Italian.

    1987, Barbara A. Lafford, “Providing Comprehensible Input for Advanced Conversation Classes in University Settings”, in Italica, volume 64, number 2, →ISSN, →JSTOR, page 278

Origin

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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