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# esperanto

«esperanto» in Mova's school dictionary: **a language invented more than a hundred years ago by L** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

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

### meaning for a pupil

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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/esperanto/#m1)

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

### In the corpora

- [Esperanto was invented in 1887 by L.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/59-olympiad-real-languages-and-codes/9/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «esperanto» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/esperanto/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.