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indo-european

In·do-Eu·ro·pe·an
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    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [in-doh-yoo r-uh-pee-uh n]
    • /ˈɪn doʊˌyʊər əˈpi ən/
    • /ˌɪn.dəʊˌjʊə.rəˈpiː.ən/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [in-doh-yoo r-uh-pee-uh n]
    • /ˈɪn doʊˌyʊər əˈpi ən/

Definitions of indo-european word

  • noun indo-european a large, widespread family of languages, the surviving branches of which include Italic, Slavic, Baltic, Hellenic, Celtic, Germanic, and Indo-Iranian, spoken by about half the world's population: English, Spanish, German, Latin, Greek, Russian, Albanian, Lithuanian, Armenian, Persian, Hindi, and Hittite are all Indo-European languages. Compare family (def 14). 1
  • noun indo-european Proto-Indo-European (def 1). 1
  • noun indo-european a member of any of the peoples speaking an Indo-European language. 1
  • adjective indo-european of or belonging to Indo-European. 1
  • adjective indo-european speaking an Indo-European language: an Indo-European people. 1
  • adjective indo-european denoting, belonging to, or relating to a family of languages that includes English and many other culturally and politically important languages of the world: a characteristic feature, esp of the older languages such as Latin, Greek, and Sanskrit, is inflection showing gender, number, and case 0

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Origin of indo-european

First appearance:

before 1805
One of the 41% newest English words
First recorded in 1805-15

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Parts of speech for Indo-european

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

indo-european popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 59% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

Top questions with indo-european

  • what are four major indo-european language branches?
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  • what is an indo-european language?
  • what is indo-european languages?

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