crosslinguistic
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From cross- + linguistic.
Adjective
crosslinguistic (not comparable)
- Spanning more than one language.
- Synonyms: crosslingual, cross-language
- 2012, Anetta Kopecka, Bhuvana Narasimhan, Events of Putting and Taking: A Crosslinguistic Perspective:
Usage notes
- interlingual is approximately as common as crosslinguistic. By contrast, crosslingual and cross-language are relatively rare.
- The meanings of crosslinguistic and interlingual seem slightly different.
Derived terms
Further reading
- “crosslinguistic”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “crosslinguistic”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “crosslinguistic”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- “cross-linguistic” under “cross-”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000. - “crosslinguistic”, in Wordnik.
- crosslinguistic, cross - linguistic, crosslingual, cross - lingual, interlingual, inter - lingual, cross - language at Google Ngram Viewer
- crosslinguistic * at Google Ngram Viewer
- interlingual * at Google Ngram Viewer
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