multilingual

English

Etymology

multi- +‎ -lingual

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌmʌltiˈlɪŋɡwəl/
• Rhymes: -ɪŋɡwəl

Adjective

multilingual (comparative more multilingual, superlative most multilingual)

1. Pertaining to multiple languages.
2. (of a person) able to communicate fluently in multiple languages

Synonyms

• plurilingual
• multilanguage
• multilinguistic

Antonyms

• monolingual
• unilingual

Related terms

• language
• multilingualism

Translations

pertaining to multiple languages

• Arabic: مُتَعَدِّد اَللُّغَات‎ (mutaʿaddid al-luḡāt)
• Basque: eleanitz (eu)
• Catalan: multilingüe (ca), plurilingüe
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 多種語言 (zh), 多种语言 (zh) (duōzhǒngyǔyán), 多語, 多语 (duōyǔ)

• Czech: vícejazyčný m
• Danish: flersproget
• Dutch: meertalig (nl)
• Esperanto: multlingva
• Finnish: monikielinen (fi)
• French: plurilingue (fr), multilingue (fr)
• Galician: multilingüe m, f, plurilingüe m, f
• Georgian: მრავალენობრივი (mravalenobrivi), მულტილინგვური (mulṭilingvuri)
• German: vielsprachig (de), mehrsprachig (de); multilingual (de), polyglott (de), polyglottisch
• Greek: πολύγλωσσος (el) (polýglossos)
• Hungarian: többnyelvű (hu)
• Icelandic: fjöltyngdur (is)
• Indonesian: multibahasa (id)
• Italian: multilingue (it)

• Japanese: 多言語 (ja) (たげんご, tagengo)
• Korean: 다중언어 (dajungeoneo), 다국어 (ko) (dagugeo)
• Latvian: daudzvalodīgs
• Macedonian: повеќејазичен m (poveḱejázičen)
• Maori: reomaha (mi)
• Navajo: díkwííshį́į́ saad yidiitsʼaʼ
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: flerspråklig

  Nynorsk: fleirspråkleg

• Persian: چند زبانه‎
• Polish: wielojęzyczny (pl) m
• Portuguese: multilíngue (pt) m, f
• Russian: многоязы́чный (ru) (mnogojazýčnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: ioma-chànaineach
• Slovak: mnohojazyčný
• Spanish: multilingüe (es), plurilingüe (es) m
• Swedish: flerspråkig (sv), mångspråkig (sv)
• Telugu: బహుభాషా (bahubhāṣā)
• Turkish: çokdilli (tr)
• Urdu: کثیر اللسان‎ (ur)

able to communicate fluently in multiple languages

• Albanian: shumëgjuhësh
• Basque: eleanitz (eu)
• Catalan: multilingüe (ca), plurilingüe
• Finnish: monikielinen (fi)
• French: polyglotte (fr)
• Georgian: მრავალენოვანი (mravalenovani)
• German: mehrsprachig (de); polyglott (de)
• Greek: πολύγλωσσος (el) (polýglossos)
• Hungarian: poliglott
• Macedonian: повеќејазичен m (poveḱejázičen)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: flerspråklig

  Nynorsk: fleirspråkleg

• Polish: wielojęzyczny (pl) m
• Portuguese: poliglota (pt)
• Russian: многоязы́чный (ru) (mnogojazýčnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: ioma-chànaineach
• Turkish: çokdilli (tr)
• Urdu: کثیر اللسان‎ (ur) m

Noun

multilingual (plural multilinguals)

1. A polyglot