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Volapük
Vo·la·pük
/
ˌvoʊ
ləˈpük
/
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[
voh-l
uh
-
p
y
k
]
Show IPA
noun
one of the earliest of the artificially constructed international auxiliary languages, invented about 1879.
Also,
Vol·a·puk
/
ˈvɒl
əˌpʊk
,
ˈvoʊ
lə-
/
Show Spelled
[
vol
-
uh
-p
oo
k
,
voh
-l
uh
-
]
Show IPA
.
Origin:
1880–85;
vol,
representing
world
+
-a-
connecting vowel +
pük,
representing
speak
Related forms
Vo·la·puk·ist,
noun
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Volapuk
or
Volapük
(ˈvɒləˌpʊk)
—
n
an artificial language based on English, French, German, Latin, etc, invented by Johann Schleyer (1831--1912) in 1880
[C19: from
vol,
based on
world
+ euphonic
-a-
+
pük
speech, based on
speak
]
Volapük
or
Volapük
—
n
[C19: from
vol,
based on
world
+ euphonic
-a-
+
pük
speech, based on
speak
]
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Volapuk
or
Volapük
(ˈvɒləˌpʊk)
—
n
an artificial language based on English, French, German, Latin, etc, invented by Johann Schleyer (1831--1912) in 1880
[C19: from
vol,
based on
world
+ euphonic
-a-
+
pük
speech, based on
speak
]
Volapük
or
Volapük
—
n
[C19: from
vol,
based on
world
+ euphonic
-a-
+
pük
speech, based on
speak
]
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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