polyglot
adjective
formaluk/ˈpɒl.i.ɡlɒt/us/ˈpɑː.li.ɡlɑːt/speakingor using several differentlanguages:
操多种语言的,多种语言混合的She wasreadinga polyglotbible, with thetextinEnglish,LatinandGreek.她在看一本多种文字对照的《圣经》,经文由英语、拉丁语和希腊语写成。
containingpeoplefrom many different anddistantplaces:
由来自不同地方的人组成的New York is anexcitingpolyglotcity.纽约是一个令人兴奋的多元化城市。
Using other languages
- Anglocentric
- Anglocentrism
- anglophone
- bilingualism
- biliterate
- code switch
- lingo
- linguist
- monolingual
- native speaker
- non-native
- non-native speaker
- non-speaker
- pinyin
- render
- rendering
- signer
- speaker
- target language
- translator
polyglot
noun[C]
formaluk/ˈpɒl.i.ɡlɒt/us/ˈpɑː.li.ɡlɑːt/someone who canspeakor use several differentlanguages:
My tutor's something of a polyglot - shespeakssevenlanguages.
Hebecameadazzlingpolyglot,fluentin manyEuropeanlanguages,includingSwedishandRussian.
- She was a self-taught polyglot andpublishedtranslationsfromLatin,French, andPortuguese.
- Even thegreatestpolyglot cannotspeakeverylanguage.
- He is atruepolyglot: he canspeak,read, and writesomewherebetween 6 and 10languages.
Using other languages
- Anglocentric
- Anglocentrism
- anglophone
- bilingualism
- biliterate
- code switch
- lingo
- linguist
- monolingual
- native speaker
- non-native
- non-native speaker
- non-speaker
- pinyin
- render
- rendering
- signer
- speaker
- target language
- translator