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# esperanto

noun (Esperanto — uncountable, a proper noun with a capital E)

«esperanto» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Esperanto is a language invented more than a hundred years ago by L. L. Zamenhof, a doctor from Poland, so that people from different countries could talk easily in one simple shared language. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/esperanto/#m1)

### In the lessons

In language lessons, Esperanto is an example of a made-up (constructed) language with very regular grammar: nouns end in -o and adjectives in -a. It is spoken by a small number of people worldwide. The name means «one who hopes». In stories it may show a character who loves languages or dreams of peace. Common phrases: «speak Esperanto», «in Esperanto», «Esperanto speakers».

### Examples

- Esperanto was invented to help people from different countries understand each other. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/esperanto/#x1)
- In Esperanto, «saluton» means hello. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/esperanto/#x2)
- My uncle learned Esperanto and wrote to friends in Japan. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/esperanto/#x3)
- Every noun in Esperanto ends in -o. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/esperanto/#x4)
- Esperanto is easier to learn than many natural languages. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/esperanto/#x5)
- There are Esperanto meetings in many big cities. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/esperanto/#x6)
- The inventor of Esperanto hoped it would bring peace. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/esperanto/#x7)

### Note

Write it with a capital E: Esperanto. It is a real, living language, but nobody's country speaks it as its main language. Say es-per-AN-toe. It is not a dialect of Spanish, even though it looks a bit like Spanish and Italian.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «esperanto» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/esperanto/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«esperanto» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/esperanto.html) on Mova free.