multilingual

English

Etymology

multi- +‎ -lingual

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

Wikipedia

multilingual (comparative more multilingual, superlative most multilingual)

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

Related terms

• language
• multilingualism

Translations

pertaining to multiple languages

• Arabic: متعدد اللغات (muta3addid al-lughaat)
• Basque: eleanitz (eu)
• Catalan: multilingüe, plurilingüe
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: vícejazyčný m
• Danish: flersproget
• Dutch: meertalig (nl)
• Finnish: monikielinen (fi)
• French: plurilingue (fr), multilingue (fr)
• German: vielsprachig, mehrsprachig (de)
• Greek: πολύγλωσσος (el) (polýglossos)
• Hungarian: többnyelvű (hu)
• Icelandic: fjöltyngdur (is)
• Italian: multilingue (it)
• Japanese: 多言語 (たげんご, tagengo)

• Korean: 다중언어 (dajungeoneo)
• Latin: multilinguae
• Latvian: daudzvalodīgs (lv)
• Macedonian: повеќејазичен m (poveḱejázičen)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: flerpråklig

  Nynorsk: fleirspråkleg

• Persian: چند زبانه
• Polish: wielojęzyczny (pl) m
• Portuguese: multilíngue (pt) m, f
• Russian: многоязычный (ru) (mnogojazýčnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: ioma-chànaineach
• Spanish: multilingüe (es), plurilingüe (es) m
• Swedish: flerspråkig (sv), mångspråkig
• Telugu: బహుభాషా (bahubhAshA)
• Turkish: çokdilli (tr)

able to communicate fluently in multiple languages

• Albanian: shumëgjuhësh
• Basque: eleanitz (eu)
• Catalan: multilingüe, plurilingüe
• Finnish: monikielinen (fi)
• German: mehrsprachig (de)
• Greek: πολύγλωσσος (el) (polýglossos)
• Hungarian: poliglott

• Latin: multilinguae
• Macedonian: повеќејазичен m (poveḱejázičen)
• Polish: wielojęzyczny (pl) m
• Russian: многоязычный (ru) (mnogojazýčnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: ioma-chànaineach
• Turkish: çokdilli (tr)

See also

• polyglot