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: 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)
• Finnish: monikielinen (fi)
• French: plurilingue (fr), multilingue (fr)
• 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)
• Latvian: daudzvalodīgs (lv)
• Macedonian: повеќејазичен m ‎(poveḱejázičen)
• 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
• Spanish: multilingüe (es), plurilingüe (es) m
• Swedish: flerspråkig (sv), mångspråkig
• Telugu: బహుభాషా ‎(bahubhāṣā)
• Turkish: çokdilli (tr)

able to communicate fluently in multiple languages

• Albanian: shumëgjuhësh
• Basque: eleanitz (eu)
• Catalan: multilingüe (ca), plurilingüe
• Finnish: monikielinen (fi)
• French: polyglotte (fr)
• 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)

Noun

multilingual ‎(plural multilinguals)

1. A polyglot