Polyglot
WordNet
adjective
(1) Having a command of or composed in many languages
"A polyglot traveler"
"A polyglot Bible contains versions in different languages"
noun
(2) A person who speaks more than one language
WiktionaryText
Etymology
From , from + (Attic variant of γλῶςςα).
Adjective
polyglot
- Versed in, or speaking, many languages.
- Containing, or made up of, several languages.
- a polyglot lexicon; a polyglot Bible
- Comprising various linguistic groups
- A polyglot region without a clearly dominant culture may develop an artifical lingua franca, such as Pidgin English in the South Sea
Noun
- One who masters, notably speaks, several languages.
- A polyglot, or good linguist - Howell
- A publication containing several versions of the same text, or the same subject matter in several languages; especially, the Bible in several languages.
- Enriched by the publication of polyglots - Abp. Newcome
- A mixture of langages and/or nomenclatures
- A program written in multiple programming languages.
See also
- monolingual
- bilingual
- hyperpolyglot
- trilingual
- multilingual
- parallel text