multilingual

[ muhl-tee-ling-gwuh l, muhl-tahy- or, Canadian, -ling-gyoo-uh l ]

/ ˌmʌl tiˈlɪŋ gwəl, ˌmʌl taɪ- or, Canadian, -ˈlɪŋ gyu əl /

using or able to speak several or many languages with some facility.

spoken or written in several or many languages: a multilingual broadcast.

dealing with or involving several or many languages: a multilingual dictionary of business terms.

a multilingual person.

We asked this woman, who speaks six languages, what the most fun-to-say words are. Do you know any of the words she chose?

Origin of multilingual

First recorded in 1830–40; multi- + lingual

mul·ti·lin·gual·ly, adverb mul·ti·lin·gual·ism, noun

Rent regulation promises true pluralism, an ideal in which the multilingual Needelman has a deeply personal stake.

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Almost all the applicants were multilingual and searching for their first post-university jobs.

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It has what may be the largest concentration of multilingual people in the country.

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They were multilingual, fluent in Arabic, Urdu, Baluch, and English, and moved easily through a globalizing world.

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Moskvin was described as multilingual (he spoke 13 languages) and a historian, a professional traveler, journalist, and magician.

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multilingual

/ (ˌmʌltɪˈlɪŋɡwəl) /

able to speak more than two languages

written or expressed in more than two languages Compare bilingual, monolingual