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polyglot
[ pol-ee-glot ]
adjective
- able to speak or write several languages; multilingual.
- containing, composed of, or written in several languages:
a polyglot Bible.
noun
- a mixture or confusion of languages.
- a person who speaks, writes, or reads a number of languages.
- a book, especially a Bible, containing the same text in several languages.
polyglot
/ ˈpɒlɪˌɡlɒt /
adjective
- having a command of many languages
- written in, composed of, or containing many languages
noun
- a person with a command of many languages
- a book, esp a Bible, containing several versions of the same text written in various languages
- a mixture or confusion of languages
Derived Forms
- ˈpolyˌglotism, noun
Other Words From
- poly·glotism noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of polyglot1
Example Sentences
Los Angeles was wonderfully exotic; a polyglot mix of Aztec, Incan, Mayan and New World scents and sounds.
As the elite polyglot sex workers entertained the foreign sailors they whispered sweet Soviet propaganda into their ears.
And in recent decades, the Valley has become ethnically polyglot and more complex.
One morning, he discovered the campus of a theological seminary that he now covets for a polyglot academy he dreams of starting.
The frightened maid ceased to scold in her polyglot way and grew coherent.
A sweet polyglot, but hurrying; it has the notes of many birds.
He calls this a humble tribute to the geniality of the English summer, and thinks that he may be termed a polyglot ablutionist.
At this time the cars, always polyglot, are filled with shop-hands and workers, and no English at all is heard.
On nearing The Bow the confusion ceased; the polyglot sounds were distinguishable only as a murmur.
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