Main Entry: Vo·la·pük

Pronunciation: \ˈvō-lə-ˌpu̇k, ˈvä-\

Function: noun

Etymology: Volapük, literally, world's speech, from vola of the world (genitive 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