polyglot

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πολύγλωττος (polúglōttos, “many-tongued, polyglot”), Attic form of πολύγλωσσος (polúglōssos), from πολύς (polús, “many”) + γλῶττα (glôtta, “tongue, language”). poly- +‎ -glot.

• IPA^(key): /pɒliːɡlɒt/

polyglot (not comparable)

1. Versed in, or speaking, many languages.
   • 1911: Ameen Rihani, The Book of Khalid, p.41

     For this flyaway son of a Phoenician did not seem to wait for the decision of the polyglot Judges of the Emigration Board.

2. Containing, or made up of, several languages.

   a polyglot lexicon

   a polyglot Bible

3. Comprising various linguistic groups.

   A polyglot region without a clearly dominant culture may develop an artificial lingua franca, such as Pidgin English in the South Sea.

• polyglotism

polyglot (plural polyglots)

1. One who masters, notably speaks, several languages.
   • A polyglot, or good linguist - Howell
2. A publication containing several versions of the same text, or the same subject matter in several languages; especially, the Bible in several languages.
   • Archbishop Newcome

     enriched by the publication of polyglots

3. A mixture of langages and/or nomenclatures
4. (programming) A program written in multiple programming languages.

• monoglot
• monolingual
• bilingual
• hyperpolyglot
• trilingual
• multilingual
• parallel text

polyglot m

1. (person): A polyglot

From Ancient Greek πολύγλωττος (polúglōttos, “many-tongued, polyglot”), from πολύς (polús, “many”) + γλῶττα (glôtta, “tongue, language”) (Attic variant of γλῶσσα (glôssa)).

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• Hyphenation: po‧ly‧glot

polyglot m (plural polyglotten, diminutive polyglotje n)

1. A polyglot, who masters several languages
2. A polyglot publication

• meertalige m
• veeltalige m
• (publication only) polyglotte m or f

• polyglottisch