polyglot

[ pol-ee-glot ]
/ ˈpɒl iˌglɒt /
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adjective

able to speak or write several languages; multilingual.
containing, composed of, or written in several languages: a polyglot Bible.

noun

a mixture or confusion of languages.
a person who speaks, writes, or reads a number of languages.
a book, especially a Bible, containing the same text in several languages.

Origin of polyglot

1635–45; < Medieval Latin polyglōttus < Greek polýglōttos many-tongued. See poly-, -glot

OTHER WORDS FROM polyglot

pol·y·glot·ism, noun

Words nearby polyglot

polygenic, polygenic inheritance, polygenism, polyglandular, polyglandular deficiency syndrome, polyglot, polygnotus, polygon, polygonaceous, polygonum, polygraph

Words related to polyglot

linguist, wordsmith, adapter, cryptologist, decoder, dragoman, cryptographer, philologist, phonologist, etymologist, lexicologist, phonetician, interpreter, lexicographer, grammarian, explainer, glossator, definer, glossographer, philologian

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British Dictionary definitions for polyglot

polyglot
/ (ˈpɒlɪˌɡlɒt) /

adjective

having a command of many languages
written in, composed of, or containing many languages

noun

a person with a command of many languages
a book, esp a Bible, containing several versions of the same text written in various languages
a mixture or confusion of languages

Derived forms of polyglot

polyglotism or polyglottism, noun

Word Origin for polyglot

C17: from Greek poluglōttos literally: many-tongued, from poly- + glōtta tongue