polyglot

The definition of polyglot is a text that has been translated into multiple languages, or a person who knows multiple languages.

(adjective)

A person who knows the English, French and Spanish languages is an example of someone who would be described as a polyglot.

A polyglot is defined as a person who speaks multiple languages.

(noun)

A person who speaks French, Spanish and English is an example of a polyglot.

See polyglot in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

Origin: Gr polyglōttos < poly-, poly- + glōtta, the tongue: see glottis

noun

See polyglot in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Speaking, writing, written in, or composed of several languages.

noun

A person having a speaking, reading, or writing knowledge of several languages.
A book, especially a Bible, containing several versions of the same text in different languages.
A mixture or confusion of languages.

Origin:

Origin: French polyglotte

Origin: , from Greek poluglōttos

Origin: : polu-, poly-

Origin: + glōtta, tongue, language

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