multilingual

English

Etymology

multi- + -lingual

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˌmʌltiˈlɪŋɡwəl/, X-SAMPA: /%mVlti"lINgw@l/
• Rhymes: -ɪŋɡwəl

Adjective

Wikipedia

multilingual (comparative more multilingual, superlative most multilingual)

1. Pertaining to multiple languages.
2. (of a person) able to communicate fluently in multiple languages

Related terms

• language
• multilingualism

Translations

pertaining to multiple languages

• Arabic: متعدد اللغات (ar) (muta3addid al-lughaat)
• Basque: eleanitz (eu)
• Catalan: multilingüe (ca), plurilingüe (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 多種語言 (cmn), 多种语言 (cmn) (duōzhǒngyǔyán), 多語 (cmn), 多语 (cmn) (duōyǔ)

• Czech: vícejazyčný (cs) m
• Dutch: meertalig (nl)
• Finnish: monikielinen (fi)
• French: plurilingue (fr), multilingue (fr)
• German: vielsprachig (de)
• Hungarian: többnyelvű (hu)
• Icelandic: fjöltyngdur (is)
• Italian: multilingue (it)

• Japanese: 多言語 (ja) (たげんご, tagengo)
• Korean: 다중언어 (ko) (dajungeoneo)
• Latin: multilinguae (la)
• Latvian: daudzvalodīgs (lv)
• Macedonian: повеќејазичен (mk) (poveḱejázičen) m
• Persian: چند زبانه (fa)
• Polish: wielojęzyczny (pl) m
• Portuguese: multilíngue (pt) m and f
• Russian: многоязычный (ru) (mnogojazýčnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: ioma-chànaineach (gd)
• Spanish: multilingüe (es), plurilingüe (es) m
• Telugu: బహుభాషా (te) (bahubhAshA)
• Turkish: çokdilli (tr)

able to communicate fluently in multiple languages

• Albanian: shumëgjuhësh (sq)
• Basque: eleanitz (eu)
• Catalan: multilingüe (ca), plurilingüe (ca)
• Finnish: monikielinen (fi)
• German: mehrsprachig (de)
• Hungarian: poliglott (hu)

• Latin: multilinguae (la)
• Macedonian: повеќејазичен (mk) (poveḱejázičen) m
• Polish: wielojęzyczny (pl) m
• Russian: многоязычный (ru) (mnogojazýčnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: ioma-chànaineach (gd)
• Turkish: çokdilli (tr)

See also

• polyglot