polyglot (redirected from polyglottal)

pol·y·glot  (pl-glt)

adj.

Speaking, writing, written in, or composed of several languages.

n.

1. A person having a speaking, reading, or writing knowledge of several languages.

2. A book, especially a Bible, containing several versions of the same text in different languages.

3. A mixture or confusion of languages.

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[French polyglotte, from Greek poluglttos : polu-, poly- + gltta, tongue, language.]

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poly·glotism, poly·glottism n.

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polyglot

Adjective

1. able to speak many languages

2. written in or using many languages

Noun

a person who can speak many languages [Greek poluglōttos many-tongued]

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polyglot

1. a person who speaks several languages.
2. a mixture of languages. See also books. — polyglot, n., adj. — polyglottic, polyglottous, adj.

See also: Language

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a book written in several languages. See also language. — polyglot, polyglottic, polyglottous, adj.

See also: Books

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	polyglot - a person who speaks more than one language linguist individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do" bilingual, bilingualist - a person who speaks two languages fluently transcriber, translator - a person who translates written messages from one language to another
Adj.	1.	polyglot - having a command of or composed in many languages; "a polyglot traveler"; "a polyglot Bible contains versions in different languages" multilingual - using or knowing more than one language; "a multilingual translator"; "a multilingual nation"