volapuque
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Volapük Volapük (“Volapük”), from vol (“world”) + -a- (“genitive singular morpheme”) + pük (“language”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /vo.laˈpu.ki/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /vo.laˈpu.ke/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /vɔ.lɐˈpu.kɨ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /bɔ.lɐˈpu.kɨ/
- Hyphenation: vo‧la‧pu‧que
Noun
volapuque m (uncountable)
- Volapük (language)
- Coordinate terms: esperanto, ido, interlíngua
Derived terms
- volapuquista
Further reading
- “volapuque”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “volapuque”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026