What is "polyglot" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does polyglot mean in English? Meaning of polyglot definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "polyglot" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "polyglot": a person who speaks more than one language

Noun

  • Meaning: a person who speaks more than one language
  • Synonyms: linguist polyglot
  • Hyponyms: bilingual bilingualist transcriber translator
  • Hypernyms: individual mortal person somebody someone soul
  • Instance Hyponyms: greenberg harris joseph greenberg zellig harris zellig sabbatai harris
  • Hyphenation: po‧ly‧glot

    Meaning of "polyglot": having a command of or composed in many languages

    Adjective

  • Meaning: having a command of or composed in many languages
  • Example: a polyglot traveler a polyglot Bible contains versions in different languages
  • Synonyms: polyglot
  • Similar: multilingual
  • Hyphenation: po‧ly‧glot

  • Adjective: Versed in, or speaking, many languages.Containing, or made up of, several languages. a polyglot lexicon; a polyglot BibleComprising various linguistic groups A polyglot region without a clearly dominant culture may develop an artificial lingua franca, such as Pidgin English in the South Sea
  • Synonyms:

    linguist, adapter, cryptologist, decoder, dragoman, cryptographer, explainer, glossator, interpreter, lexicographer, grammarian, philologist, glottologist, linguistician, linguist, wordsmith, philologist, phonologist, etymologist, lexicologist, glossarist, phonetician, definer, dictionarist, dictionary editor, dictionary maker, glossarian, glossographer, glossologist, glottologist, lexicographist, philologer, philologian, phoneticist, vocabulist,

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    polyglot in English: polyglot
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