Definition of translingual in English English dictionary
- Operating between different languages
This receiver, as translator, then performs a kind of translingual transfer to encode in a second language a new message that is intended to mean the same . . - Translated: Papers on Literary Translation and Translation Studies - James S. Holmes - 1986.
- Occurring or being measured across the tongue
Simultaneous recordings of the translingual potential and integrated neural response of the rat. - Chem. Senses - Hech, Welter & DeSimone - 1985.
- containing words of multiple languages
Darien can make translingual jokes - Georges Darien: Robbery and Private Enterprise - W. Redfern - 1985.
- Having the same meaning in many languages
No is the translingual symbol for the chemistry element nobelium.
- Existing in multiple languages
The nose's comic potency is enhanced by the Indo-European rootedness of its own name, securing it a pivotal role in translingual games. - English Comedy - Cordner, Holland & Kerrigan (eds) - 1994.