multilingual

English

Etymology

multi- +‎ -lingual

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌmʌltiˈlɪŋɡwəl/
Rhymes: -ɪŋɡwəl

Adjective

multilingual (comparative more multilingual, superlative most multilingual)

Pertaining to multiple languages.
(of a person) able to communicate fluently in multiple languages

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pertaining to multiple languages

Arabic: مُتَعَدِّد اَللُّغَات‎ (mutaʿaddid al-luḡāt)
Basque: eleanitz (eu)
Catalan: multilingüe (ca), plurilingüe
Chinese:
Mandarin: 多種語言 (zh), 多种语言 (zh) (duōzhǒngyǔyán), 多語, 多语 (duōyǔ)
Czech: vícejazyčný m
Danish: flersproget
Dutch: meertalig (nl)
Esperanto: multlingva
Finnish: monikielinen (fi)
French: plurilingue (fr), multilingue (fr)
Galician: multilingüe m or f, plurilingüe m or f
Georgian: მრავალენობრივი (mravalenobrivi), მულტილინგვური (mulṭilingvuri)
German: vielsprachig (de), mehrsprachig (de); multilingual (de), polyglott (de), polyglottisch
Greek: πολύγλωσσος (el) (polýglossos)
Hungarian: többnyelvű (hu)
Icelandic: fjöltyngdur (is)
Indonesian: multibahasa (id)
Italian: multilingue (it)
Japanese: 多言語 (ja) (たげんご, tagengo)

Korean: 다중언어 (dajungeoneo), 다국어 (ko) (dagugeo)
Latvian: daudzvalodīgs
Macedonian: повеќејазичен m (poveḱejázičen)
Maori: reomaha (mi)
Navajo: díkwííshį́į́ saad yidiitsʼaʼ
Norwegian:
Bokmål: flerspråklig

Nynorsk: fleirspråkleg
Persian: چند زبانه‎
Polish: wielojęzyczny (pl) m
Portuguese: multilíngue (pt) m or f
Russian: многоязы́чный (ru) (mnogojazýčnyj)
Scottish Gaelic: ioma-chànaineach
Slovak: mnohojazyčný
Spanish: multilingüe (es), plurilingüe (es) m
Swedish: flerspråkig (sv), mångspråkig (sv)
Telugu: బహుభాషా (bahubhāṣā)
Turkish: çokdilli (tr)
Urdu: کثیر اللسان‎ (ur)

able to communicate fluently in multiple languages

Albanian: shumëgjuhësh
Basque: eleanitz (eu)
Catalan: multilingüe (ca), plurilingüe
Finnish: monikielinen (fi)
French: polyglotte (fr)
Georgian: მრავალენოვანი (mravalenovani)
German: mehrsprachig (de); polyglott (de)
Greek: πολύγλωσσος (el) (polýglossos)
Hungarian: poliglott
Macedonian: повеќејазичен m (poveḱejázičen)

Norwegian:
Bokmål: flerspråklig

Nynorsk: fleirspråkleg
Polish: wielojęzyczny (pl) m
Portuguese: poliglota (pt)
Russian: многоязы́чный (ru) (mnogojazýčnyj)
Scottish Gaelic: ioma-chànaineach
Turkish: çokdilli (tr)
Urdu: کثیر اللسان‎ (ur) m

Noun

multilingual (plural multilinguals)

A polyglot

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