intercomprehension
nounEtymology From inter- + comprehension.
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Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences Usually The ability to comprehend each other in spite of speaking different languages.
- The authors of this book worked in a research group dealing with the optimal use of mutually complementary strategies for communication in multilingual settings, such as translation and interpreting, the development of receptive skills within language families (so-called intercomprehension) and machine translation.[2022, Sabine Fiedler, Cyril Robert Brosch, “A note to the reader”, in Esperanto – Lingua Franca and Language Community, John Benjamins Publishing Company, →DOI, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OL, page xix:
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- intercomprehensible