Polyglot Definition

pŏlē-glŏt
adjective
Speaking or writing several languages.
Webster's New World
Containing or written in several languages.
Webster's New World
noun
A person having a speaking, reading, or writing knowledge of several languages.
American Heritage
A polyglot person.
Webster's New World
A polyglot book.
Webster's New World
A book, especially a Bible, containing several versions of the same text in different languages.
American Heritage
A mixture or confusion of languages.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Polyglot

Noun

Singular:
polyglot
Plural:
polyglots

Origin of Polyglot

  • From Ancient Greek πολύγλωττος (poluglōttos, “many-tongued, polyglot"), from πολύς (polus, “many") + γλῶττα (glōtta, “tongue, language") (Attic variant of γλῶσσα (glōssa)).

    From Wiktionary

  • French polyglotte from Greek poluglōttos polu- poly- glōtta tongue, language

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Polyglot Sentence Examples

  • This station is the centre of a polyglot circuit or district 150 m.

  • The Syriac and Arabic versions, printed in the London Polyglot, are literal.

  • The Upper House agreed, but expressed its misgivings as to such a polyglot report of proceedings.

  • In Spain Hebrew learning was promoted by Cardinal Ximenes, the patron of the Complutensian Polyglot.

  • In this retirement he gave himself to Oriental studies and carried through his great work, a Polyglot Bible which should be completer, cheaper and provided with a better critical apparatus than any previous work of the kind (see Polyglot).

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Words Starting With

PPOPOL

Words Ending With

TOTLOT

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Words Starting With P and Ending With T

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8 Letter Words8 Letter Words Starting With P8 Letter Words Ending With T