multilingual

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Etymology

From multi- +‎ lingual.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌmʌltiˈlɪŋɡwəl/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Rhymes: -ɪŋɡwəl

Adjective

multilingual (comparative more multilingual, superlative most multilingual)

Of, relating to, or involving multiple languages.
Synonyms: many-tongued, multilanguage, multilinguistic, plurilingual
- 2018, James Lambert, “A multitude of ‘lishes’: The nomenclature of hybridity”, in English World-Wide‎, page 9:
  In reality, the multidimensionality of language contact in multilingual environments ensures no such neat compartmentalisation.
(of a person) Able to communicate in a number of languages.
Synonym: polyglot

Antonyms: monolingual, unilingual

Hyponyms: bilingual, trilingual
- 2017 April 2, Maureen O'Hare, “Does being bilingual make you sexy?”, in CNN‎:
  So being multilingual can make you more appealing, more successful and more compassionate. And it’s also good for your health.
- 2021 December 18, Ching Ching Tan, “Spielberg’s West Side Story shows us the value of multilingualism”, in CNN‎:
  Describing us as multilingual emphasizes our achievements and that learning English adds to the richness of our identity.

Derived terms

multilingual notation

Related terms

Translations

pertaining to multiple languages — see also plurilingual

Arabic: مُتَعَدِّد اللُّغَات (mutaʕaddid al-luḡāt), أَلْسُنِيّ (ʔalsuniyy), لُغَاتِيّ (luḡātiyy)
Azerbaijani: çoxdilli
Basque: eleanitz (eu)
Belarusian: шматмо́ўны (šmatmóŭny), мнагамо́ўны (mnahamóŭny)
Bulgarian: многоези́чен (mnogoezíčen)
Catalan: multilingüe (ca), plurilingüe
Chinese:
Mandarin: 多種語言 / 多种语言 (zh) (duōzhǒngyǔyán), 多語 / 多语 (duōyǔ)
Czech: vícejazyčný, mnohojazyčný (cs)
Danish: flersproget
Dutch: meertalig (nl)
Esperanto: plurlingva, multlingva
Finnish: monikielinen (fi)
French: plurilingue (fr), multilingue (fr)
Galician: multilingüe m or f, plurilingüe m or f
Georgian: მრავალენობრივი (mravalenobrivi), მრავალენოვანი (mravalenovani)
German: vielsprachig (de), mehrsprachig (de); multilingual (de), polyglott (de), polyglottisch
Greek: πολύγλωσσος (el) (polýglossos)
Hungarian: többnyelvű (hu), soknyelvű (hu)
Icelandic: fjöltyngdur (is)
Indonesian: multibahasa (id)
Interlingua: multilingue
Italian: plurilingue, multilingue (it)
Japanese: 多言語 (ja) (たげんご, tagengo)
Korean: 다중언어(多重言語) (dajung'eoneo), 다국어(多國語) (ko) (dagugeo)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: pirzimanî (ku)
Latvian: daudzvalodīgs (lv)
Macedonian: повеќеја́зичен (poveḱejázičen)
Maori: reomaha (mi)
Navajo: díkwííshį́į́ saad yidiitsʼaʼ
Norwegian:
Bokmål: flerspråklig (no)

Nynorsk: fleirspråkleg
Persian: چند زبانه (čand zabâne)
Polish: wielojęzyczny (pl)
Portuguese: multilíngue (pt) (chiefly, Brazil), multilingue (chiefly, Portugal), plurilíngue (pt) (chiefly, Brazil), plurilingue (chiefly, Portugal)
Russian: многоязы́чный (ru) (mnogojazýčnyj)
Scottish Gaelic: ioma-chànaineach
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: вишејезичан

Roman: višejezičan (sh)
Slovak: mnohojazyčný
Slovene: večjezičen (sl)
Spanish: multilingüe (es)
Swedish: flerspråkig (sv), mångspråkig (sv)
Telugu: బహుభాషా (bahubhāṣā)
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: çokdilli (tr)
Ukrainian: багатомо́вний (uk) (bahatomóvnyj)
Urdu: کثیر اللسان (ur)
Vietnamese: đa ngôn ngữ

able to communicate fluently in multiple languages

Albanian: shumëgjuhësh
Arabic: أَلْسُنِيّ (ʔalsuniyy), لِسانجيّ
Azerbaijani: çoxdilli
Basque: eleanitz (eu)
Catalan: multilingüe (ca), plurilingüe
Finnish: monikielinen (fi)
French: polyglotte (fr)
Galician: multilingüe m or f, plurilingüe m or f, políglota m or f
Georgian: მრავალენოვანი (mravalenovani)
German: mehrsprachig (de), polyglott (de)
Greek: πολύγλωσσος (el) (polýglossos), γλωσσομαθής (el) (glossomathís)
Ancient: πολύγλωσσος (polúglōssos)
Hungarian: poliglott (hu)
Macedonian: повеќеја́зичен m (poveḱejázičen)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: flerspråklig (no)

Nynorsk: fleirspråkleg
Polish: wielojęzyczny (pl)
Portuguese: poliglota (pt), multilíngue (pt) m or f, multilingue m or f, plurilíngue (pt) m or f, plurilingue m or f
Russian: многоязы́чный (ru) (mnogojazýčnyj)
Scottish Gaelic: ioma-chànaineach
Spanish: multilingüe (es)
Swedish: flerspråkig (sv)
Turkish: çokdilli (tr)
Urdu: کثیر اللسان (ur) m

Noun

multilingual (plural multilinguals)

A polyglot.