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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024pol•y•glot /ˈpɑliˌglɑt/USA pronunciation adj. - Linguisticsable to speak or write several languages;
multilingual. - Linguisticscomposed of several languages:a polyglot society.
n. [countable] - Linguisticsa person who speaks, writes, or reads several languages.
See -glot-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024pol•y•glot (pol′ē glot′),USA pronunciation adj. - Linguisticsable to speak or write several languages;
multilingual. - Linguisticscontaining, composed of, or written in several languages:a polyglot Bible.
n. - Linguisticsa mixture or confusion of languages.
- Linguisticsa person who speaks, writes, or reads a number of languages.
- a book, esp. a Bible, containing the same text in several languages.
- Greek polýglōttos many-tongued. See poly-, -glot
- Medieval Latin polyglōttus
- 1635–45
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: polyglot /ˈpɒlɪˌɡlɒt/ adj - having a command of many languages
- written in, composed of, or containing many languages
n - 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
Etymology: 17th Century: from Greek poluglōttos literally: many-tongued, from poly- + glōtta tongue |