Pronunciation: ' v ō -l ə - ˌ pu ̇ k, ' vä-
Function: noun
Etymology: Volapük, literally, world's speech, from vola of the world (gen. of vol world, modification of English world ) + pük speech, modification of English speak
Date: 1885
: an artificial international language based largely on English but with some root words from German, French, and Latin