/ Dictionary / Index E Esperanto: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: Es•pe•ran•to Pronunciation: (es"pu-rän'tō, -ran'-), [key] — n. an artificial language invented in 1887 by L. L. Zamenhof (1859–1917), a Polish physician and philologist, and intended for international use. It is based on word roots common to the major European languages. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. See also: esperanto (Thesaurus) esperance espial Related Content Daily Word Quiz: neologism Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language