crosslinguistic

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Etymology

From cross- +‎ linguistic.

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Adjective

crosslinguistic (not comparable)

  1. 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.

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