polyglot

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πολύγλωττος (polúglōttos, “many-tongued, polyglot”), Attic form of πολύγλωσσος (polúglōssos), from πολύς (polús, “many”) + γλῶττα (glôtta, “tongue, language”). poly- +‎ -glot.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɒliːɡlɒt/

• Audio (UK)

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Adjective

polyglot (not comparable)

1. Versed in, or speaking, many languages.
   • 1911: Ameen Rihani, The Book of Khalid, p.41

     For this flyaway son of a Phoenician did not seem to wait for the decision of the polyglot Judges of the Emigration Board.

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 m (poliglot)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 講多種語言／讲多种语言 (gong² do¹ zung² jyu⁵ jin⁴)

• Dutch: meertalig (nl), polyglottisch (nl)
• Faroese: fleirmæltur
• Finnish: monikielinen (fi)
• French: polyglotte (fr)
• Georgian: პოლიგლოტი (ṗoligloṭi)
• German: mehrsprachig (de), polyglott (de)
• Greek: πολύγλωσσος (el) m (polýglossos)
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• Hungarian: poliglott, soknyelvű (hu)
• Italian: poliglotta (it) m or f
• Manx: yl-çhengagh
• Polish: wielojęzyczny (pl), wielojęzykowy (pl), różnojęzyczny (pl), różnojęzykowy (pl), kilkujęzyczny (pl), kilkujęzykowy (pl)
• Portuguese: poliglota (pt)
• Russian: многоязы́чный (ru) (mnogojazýčnyj)
• Spanish: poligloto (es), polígloto (es), polígloto (es) m
• Swedish: flerspråkig (sv), polyglott (sv)
• Turkish: çokdilli (tr)
• Yiddish: בעל-לשון (bal-loshn), עטלעך־שפּראַכיק (etlekh-shprakhik)

Containing, or made up of, several languages

• Catalan: poliglot (ca)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 多種語言／多种语言 (do¹ zung² jyu⁵ jin⁴)

• Dutch: meertalig (nl), polyglottisch (nl)
• Esperanto: plurlingva
• Faroese: fleirmæltur
• Finnish: monikielinen (fi)
• French: polyglotte (fr)
• Georgian: მრავალენოვანი (mravalenovani)
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• German: mehrsprachig (de), polyglott (de)
• Greek: πολύγλωσσος (el) m (polýglossos)
• Hungarian: soknyelvű (hu), többnyelvű (hu)
• Italian: poliglotta (it) m or f
• Manx: yl-çhengagh
• Portuguese: multilíngue (pt)
• Spanish: poligloto (es), polígloto (es) m
• Swedish: flerspråkig (sv), polyglott (sv)
• Turkish: çokdilli (tr)

Comprising various linguistic groups

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 多種語言／多种语言 (do¹ zung² jyu⁵ jin⁴)

• Dutch: veeltalig (nl), polyglottisch (nl)
• Esperanto: plurlingvgrupa, plurlingvfamilia
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• Finnish: monikielinen (fi)
• Greek: πολύγλωσσος (el) m (polýglossos)
• Hungarian: többnyelvű (hu), soknyelvű (hu)
• Turkish: çokdil

Noun

polyglot (plural polyglots)

1. One who has mastered, notably speaks, several languages.
   • Howell

     a polyglot, or good linguist

2. A publication containing several versions of the same text, or the same subject matter in several languages; especially, the Bible in several languages.
   • 1792, Archbishop William Newcome, An Historical View of the English Biblical Translations: The Expediency of Revising by Authority our Present Translation: and the Means of Executing such a Revision, publ. by John Exshaw, page 239.

     But ſince that period the biblical apparatus has been much enriched by the publication of polyglots; […] .

3. A mixture of languages or nomenclatures.
4. (programming) A program written in multiple programming languages.
5. (computing) A file that can be validly interpreted as multiple formats.
   • 2015, Joxean Koret, ‎Elias Bachaalany, The Antivirus Hacker's Handbook (page 148)

     For example, you can create PE files that are valid PDF exploits or valid ZIP files, valid JPG files, and so on. […] There are various example polyglots, including a PDF file that is also a valid HTML file with JavaScript, […]

Translations

one who masters, notably speaks, several languages

• Albanian: poliglot (sq)
• Arabic: مَزِيج مِن اَللُّغَات m (mazīj min al-luḡāt), بوليجلوت m
• Armenian: պոլիգլոտ (hy) (poliglot)
• Belarusian: паліглот m (palihlót)
• Bulgarian: полиглот m (poliglot)
• Catalan: poliglot (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 通曉數種語言的人／通晓数种语言的人, 通晓数种语言的人 (tōngxiǎo-shùzhǒng-yǔyán-de-rén), 通數國語文的人／通数国语文的人, 通数国语文的人 (tōng-shùguó-yǔwén-de-rén)

• Czech: polyglot (cs) m
• Dutch: meertalige (nl) m, polyglot (nl) m, veeltalige (nl) m, talenkenner m, polyglot (nl)
• Esperanto: plurlingvulo, plurlingvano, poligloto
• Estonian: polüglott
• Faroese: fleirmælingur m
• Finnish: kielitaituri
• French: polyglotte (fr) m or f
• Georgian: პოლიგლოტი (ṗoligloṭi)
• German: Polyglotter m, Polyglotte f
• Greek: γλωσσομαθής (el) (glossomathís), πολύγλωσσος (el) m (polýglossos)
• Hebrew: פוליגלוט (he) (poliglot), מולטילינגואל (he) (multilingual)
• Hungarian: poliglott, többnyelvű/soknyelvű (ember)
• Ido: poligloto (io) m or f, poliglotulo m, poliglotino f
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• Indonesian: poliglot (id)
• Interlingua: polyglotto
• Italian: poliglotta (it) m or f
• Japanese: 多言語話者 (たげんごわしゃ, tagengo-washa)
• Kazakh: полиглот (poliglot)
• Kyrgyz: полиглот (poliglot)
• Latvian: poliglots m, poliglote f
• Lithuanian: poliglotas m, poliglotė f
• Ossetian: полиглот (poliglot)
• Persian: چندزبانه (čand zabâne), متکلم به چند زبان (motekâllem be čand zabân)
• Polish: poliglota (pl) m pers
• Portuguese: poliglota (pt) m or f
• Russian: полигло́т (ru) m (poliglót)
• Scottish Gaelic: ioma-chànanach m
• Serbo-Croatian: poliglot (sh) m, полиглот m
• Slovak: polyglot (sk)
• Slovene: poliglot (sl)
• Spanish: políglota (es) m or f, poliglota (es) m or f
• Tamil: பன்மொழியாளர் (paṉmoḻiyāḷar)
• Ukrainian: поліглот m (polihlot)
• Volapük: polüglot (vo) m or f, hipolüglot m, jipolüglot f
• Yiddish: פּאָליגלאָט m (poliglot)

publication containing several versions of the same

• Czech: polyglota f
• Dutch: polyglotte m or f, polyglot (nl) m
• German: Polyglotte f
• Greek: πολύγλωσσος (el) m (polýglossos)
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• Polish: poliglota (pl) f
• Russian: полиглотта (ru) f (poliglotta)
• Serbo-Croatian: višejezičnik m

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Basque: ^{(please verify)} eleaskodun
• Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} poligloto
• French: ^{(please verify)} polyglotte (fr) m or f
• German: ^{(please verify)} Sprachenkundiger m, ^{(please verify)} Sprachenkundige f
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• Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} רב־לשוני
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} políglota (es) m
• Swedish: (1) ^{(please verify)} flerspråkig person c , (2) ^{(please verify)} flerspråkig bok c , (1, 2) ^{(please verify)} polyglott (sv) c

See also

• monoglot
• monolingual
• bilingual
• hyperpolyglot
• trilingual
• multilingual
• parallel text

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpolɪɡlot]

Noun

1. (person): A polyglot

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French polyglotte, from Ancient Greek πολύγλωττος (polúglōttos, “many-tongued, polyglot”), from πολύς (polús, “many”) + γλῶττα (glôtta, “tongue, language”) (Attic variant of γλῶσσα (glôssa)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌpoː.liˈɣlɔt/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: po‧ly‧glot
• Rhymes: -ɔt

Noun

polyglot m or f (plural polyglotten, diminutive polyglotje n, feminine polyglotte)

1. A polyglot, one who has mastered several languages.
2. A publication with an original texts along with translations in several languages; especially of a version of the Bible.

Alternative forms

• (polyglot publication): polyglotte (archaic in the other sense)

Synonyms

(person; publication):

• meertalige
• veeltalige

Derived terms

• polyglottisch

Descendants

• Afrikaans: poliglot

Adjective

polyglot (not comparable)

1. (rare) polyglot

   Synonym: polyglottisch

Inflection

Inflection of polyglot
uninflected	polyglot
inflected	polyglotte
comparative	—
		positive
predicative/adverbial		polyglot
indefinite	m./f. sing.	polyglotte
	n. sing.	polyglot
	plural	polyglotte
definite		polyglotte
partitive		polyglots