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polyglot

[ pol-ee-glot ]

adjective

  1. able to speak or write several languages; multilingual.
  2. containing, composed of, or written in several languages:

    a polyglot Bible.



noun

  1. a mixture or confusion of languages.
  2. a person who speaks, writes, or reads a number of languages.
  3. a book, especially a Bible, containing the same text in several languages.

polyglot

/ ˈɒɪˌɡɒ /

adjective

  1. having a command of many languages
  2. written in, composed of, or containing many languages
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a person with a command of many languages
  2. a book, esp a Bible, containing several versions of the same text written in various languages
  3. a mixture or confusion of languages
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈDZˌdzپ, noun
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • DZy·dzi noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of polyglot1

First recorded in 1635–45; from Medieval Latin DZⲵōٳٳܲ, from Greek DZýōٳٴDz “mԲ-ٴDzԲܱ”; poly-, -glot
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of polyglot1

C17: from Greek DZܲōٳٴDz literally: many-tongued, from poly- + ōٳٲ tongue
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That now extends to about 20 countries, including Ireland and Singapore and extending to polyglot Holland and Germany.

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In the brains of these polyglots -- people who speak five or more languages -- the same language regions light up when they listen to any of the languages that they speak.

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This “Shogun” sits in a polyglot comfort zone.

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Its architecture was a polyglot of building styles — kind of like Beverly Hills — but here’s the best part: It was noir, through and through.

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Denmark's chain-smoking, flamboyant, polyglot Danish queen - who Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen described as the "epitome of Denmark" - spent more than half a century on the throne.

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