multilingual
EnglishEdit
A multilingual direction sign at Hampton Court railway station.
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
multilingual (comparative more multilingual, superlative most multilingual)
- Of, relating to, or involving multiple languages.
- Synonyms: multilanguage, multilinguistic, plurilingual
- 2018, James Lambert, “A multitude of ‘lishes’: The nomenclature of hybridity”, in English World-Wide[1], page 9:
- In reality, the multidimensionality of language contact in multilingual environments ensures no such neat compartmentalisation.
- (Of a person) able to communicate in a number of languages.
- Synonym: polyglot
- Antonyms: monolingual, unilingual
- Hyponyms: bilingual, trilingual
Related termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
pertaining to multiple languages
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able to communicate fluently in multiple languages
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NounEdit
multilingual (plural multilinguals)
- a polyglot