polyglot
adjective /ˈpɒl.ɪ.ɡlɒt/
/ˈpɑː.lɪ.ɡlɑːt/ formalDefinition
› speaking or using several different languages: She was reading a polyglot bible, with the text in English, Latin and Greek.Using other languages › containing people from many different and distant places: New York is an exciting polyglot city.Using other languages polyglot noun [C] › My tutor's something of a polyglot - she speaks seven languages.Using other languages
(Definition of polyglot adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- -speaking suffix
- bilingual adjective
- encode verb
- first language noun
- francophone adjective
- interpret verb (BETWEEN LANGUAGES)
- interpreter noun (BETWEEN LANGUAGES)
- lingo noun
- monolingual adjective
- mother tongue noun
- render verb (CAUSE)
- rendering noun (TRANSLATION)
- second language noun
- speak verb (LANGUAGE)
- target language noun
- translate verb
- translator noun
- transliterate verb
- trilingual adjective
- word for word idiom
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