polyglot

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /pɒliːɡlɒt/

Adjective

polyglot

1. Versed in, or speaking, many languages.
2. Containing, or made up of, several languages.

   a polyglot lexicon; a polyglot Bible

3. Comprising 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

Derived terms

• polyglotism

Translations

Versed in, or speaking, many languages

• Bulgarian: полиглот (bg) (poliglot) m
• Dutch: meertalig (nl), polyglot (nl)
• Finnish: monikielinen (fi)
• French: polyglotte (fr)
• German: mehrsprachig (de)
• Greek: πολύγλωσσος (el) (polýglossos) m
• Italian: poliglotta (it) m and f

• Manx: yl-çhengagh (gv)
• Russian: многоязычный (ru) (mnogojazýčnyj)
• Spanish: poligloto (es), polígloto (es), polígloto (es) m
• Swedish: flerspråkig (sv), polyglott (sv)
• Turkish: çokdilli (tr)
• Yiddish: בעל-לשון (yi) (bal-lo'shn)

Containing, or made up of, several languages

• Dutch: meertalig (nl), polyglot (nl)
• Finnish: monikielinen (fi)
• French: polyglotte (fr)
• Greek: πολύγλωσσος (el) (polýglossos) m
• Italian: poliglotta (it) m and f

• Manx: yl-çhengagh (gv)
• Spanish: poligloto (es), polígloto (es) m
• Swedish: flerspråkig (sv), polyglott (sv)
• Turkish: çokdilli (tr)

Comprising various linguistic groups

• Dutch: veeltalig, polyglot
• Finnish: monikielinen (fi)

• Greek: πολύγλωσσος (el) (polýglossos) m
• Turkish: çokdil (tr)

Noun

polyglot (plural polyglots)

1. One who masters, notably speaks, several languages.
   • A polyglot, or good linguist - Howell
2. A publication containing several versions of the same text, or the same subject matter in several languages; especially, the Bible in several languages.
   • Enriched by the publication of polyglots - Abp. Newcome
3. A mixture of langages and/or nomenclatures
4. (programming) A program written in multiple programming languages.

Translations

one who masters, notably speaks, several languages

• Arabic: مزيج من اللغات (ar) (maziij min al-lughaat) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 通曉數種語言的人 (cmn), 通晓数种语言的人 (cmn) (tōngxiǎo-shùzhǒng-yǔyán-de-rén), 通數國語文的人 (cmn), 通数国语文的人 (cmn) (tōng-shùguó-yǔwén-de-rén)

• Czech: polyglot (cs) m
• Dutch: meertalige m, polyglot m, veeltalige m, talenkenner m, polyglot (nl)
• Finnish: kielitaituri (fi)
• French: polyglotte (fr) m and f
• German: Polyglotter (de) m, Polyglotte (de) f
• Greek: γλωσσομαθής (el) (glossomathís), πολύγλωσσος (el) (polýglossos) m

• Italian: poliglotta (it) m and f
• Japanese: 多言語話者 (ja) (たげんごわしゃ, tagengo-washa)
• Latvian: poliglots (lv) m, poliglote (lv) f
• Lithuanian: poliglotas (lt) m, poliglotė (lt) f
• Polish: poliglota (pl) m
• Russian: полиглот (ru) (poliglót) m
• Scottish Gaelic: ioma-chànanach (gd) m
• Spanish: políglota (es) m and f
• Volapük: (male or female) polüglot (vo), (male) hipolüglot (vo), (female) jipolüglot (vo)

publication containing several versions of the same

• Dutch: polyglotte (nl) m and f, polyglot (nl) m

• Greek: πολύγλωσσος (el) (polýglossos) m

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• Basque: eleaskodun
• Esperanto: poligloto
• French: polyglotte m and f
• German: Sprachenkundiger m, Sprachenkundige f

• Hebrew: רב־לשוני
• Portuguese: poliglota m and f
• Spanish: políglota m
• Swedish: flerspråkig person c (1), flerspråkig bok c (2), polyglott c (1, 2)

See also

• monolingual
• bilingual
• hyperpolyglot
• trilingual
• multilingual
• parallel text

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Czech

Noun

polyglot m

1. (person): A polyglot

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Dutch

Noun

polyglot m (plural polyglotten, diminutive polyglotje)

1. A polyglot, who masters several languages
2. A polyglot publication

Synonyms

• meertalige m
• veeltalige m
• (publication only) polyglotte m and f

Derived terms

• polyglottisch