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)

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), 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, ^??? please provide the diminutive!)

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