Meanings
nounworld language (plural world languages)
plural world languages
- A language spoken internationally and which is learned by many people as a second language.
English, French and Spanish are often considered world languages.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 世界語言 /世界语言
- 世界語言 /世界语言 (shìjiè yǔyán)language spoken internationally
Dutch wereldtaal
- wereldtaallanguage spoken internationally
Esperanto mondlingvo
- mondlingvolanguage spoken internationally
Finnish maailmankieli
- maailmankielilanguage spoken internationally
German Weltsprache
- Weltsprachelanguage spoken internationally
Hindi विश्वभाषा
- विश्वभाषा (viśvabhāṣā)language spoken internationally
Hungarian világnyelv
- világnyelvlanguage spoken internationally
Polish język światowy
- język światowylanguage spoken internationally
Russian мировой язык
- мировой язык (mirovoj jazyk)language spoken internationally
Turkish dünya dili, uluslararası dil
- dünya dililanguage spoken internationally
- uluslararası dillanguage spoken internationally
Cite this entry
APA
world language. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/world%20language
MLA
“world language.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/world%20language. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “world language,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/world%20language.
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