poliglota

See also: políglota and poliglotą

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [pu.liˈɣlo̞.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [po.liˈɣlɔ.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Central) [pu.liˈɣlɔ.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [po.liˈɣlɔ.ta]

Noun

poliglota f (plural poliglotes)

1. female equivalent of poliglot

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Koine Greek πολύγλωττος (polúglōttos) and Attic Greek πολύγλωττος (polúglōttos), from Ancient Greek πολῠ́γλωσσος (polŭ́glōssos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔ.liˈɡlɔ.ta/

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• Rhymes: -ɔta
• Syllabification: po‧li‧glo‧ta

Noun

poliglota m pers (female equivalent poliglotka)

1. polyglot (one who has mastered (especially when able to speak) several languages)

   Synonym: lingwista

Declension

Declension of poliglota

	singular	plural
nominative	poliglota	poligloci/poligloty (deprecative)
genitive	poligloty	poliglotów
dative	poliglocie	poliglotom
accusative	poliglotę	poliglotów
instrumental	poliglotą	poliglotami
locative	poliglocie	poliglotach
vocative	poligloto	poligloci

Derived terms

adjective

• poliglotyczny

noun

• poliglotyzm

Further reading

• “poliglota”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “poliglota”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Attic Greek πολύγλωττος (polúglōttos, “speaking many languages, multilingual”). By surface analysis, poli- + -glota.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌpɔ.liˈɡlɔ.tɐ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌpɔ.liˈɡlɔ.tɐ/ [ˌpɔ.liˈɣlɔ.tɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌpɔ.liˈɡlɔ.tɐ/ [ˌpɔ.liˈɣlɔ.tɐ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌpɔ.liˈɡlɔ.tɐ/

Adjective

poliglota m or f (plural poliglotas)

1. polyglot (able to speak many languages)

Noun

poliglota m or f by sense (plural poliglotas)

1. polyglot (someone who speaks many languages)

Further reading

• “poliglota”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “poliglota”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Noun

poliglota f (plural poliglotas)

1. female equivalent of poligloto

Further reading

• “poliglota”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025