quadrilingual

English

Etymology

quadri- +‎ lingual

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪŋɡwəl

Adjective

quadrilingual (not comparable)

1. Involving four languages.
   • 2019, Li Huang, James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, →DOI, page 3:

     Part of the rationale for this quadrilingual language policy is the desire to preserve ‘Asian values’, viewed as inherent in Asian languages, in the face of ‘Western values’ associated with globalisation and the use of English.

2. Of a text, written in four languages.
3. Of a person, able to speak four languages.

Synonyms

• tetralingual

Translations

written in four languages

• Danish: firsproget
• Dutch: viertalig (nl)
• Finnish: nelikielinen
• German: viersprachig (de)
• Greek: τετράγλωσσος (el) (tetráglossos)
• Polish: czterojęzyczny (pl)
• Russian: четырехъязы́чный (četyrexʺjazýčnyj)
• Spanish: cuatrilingüe (es), tetralingüe (es)
• Swedish: fyrspråkig
• Ukrainian: чотирьохмо́вний (čotyrʹoxmóvnyj), чотиримо́вний (čotyrymóvnyj)

able to speak four languages

• Danish: firsproget
• Finnish: nelikielinen
• French: quadrilingue (fr)
• Polish: czterojęzyczny (pl)
• Russian: четырехъязы́чный (četyrexʺjazýčnyj)
• Spanish: cuatrilingüe (es), tetralingüe (es)
• Swedish: fyrspråkig
• Ukrainian: чотирьохмо́вний (čotyrʹoxmóvnyj), чотиримо́вний (čotyrymóvnyj)

Noun

quadrilingual (plural quadrilinguals)

1. A person who understands four languages.

See also

• monolingual
• bilingual
• trilingual
• quinquelingual
• multilingual