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trilingual, a.|traɪˈlɪŋgwəl|
[f. tri- + L. lingua tongue, after lingual; cf. L. trilinguis in same sense.]
Speaking or using, written or expressed in, or relating to three languages.
1834Encycl. Brit. (ed. 7) VIII. 560/1 The trilingual, or rather trigrammatic stone of Rosetta. 1851Layard Pop. Acc. Discov. Nineveh Introd. 13 What are called the Trilingual inscriptions of Persia. 1904Morley in 19th Cent. Oct. 578 Whatever we may think of..the trilingual heresy [that worship could be offered only in three languages]. 1907Athenæum 7 Dec. 719/1 The literature of England up to the end of the fourteenth century is trilingual, English, Latin, or Anglo-Norman. |