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Meanings of polyglot in English

Portuguese
poliglota
Catalan
poliglot

A person who speaks more than one language.

        poliglota
        Russian
        полиглот
        Portuguese
        poliglota
        Spanish
        hiperpoliglota
        Catalan
        políglota

        Person who has mastered many languages.

                Related terms
                полиглот

                Able to communicate in several languages, generally at least three.

                      Synonyms
                      Examples for "multilingual"
                      Examples for "multilingual"
                      1
                      The multilingual news and information network broadcasts in more than 100 countries.
                      Reuters
                      2
                      Its services include active services, movie on demand, multilingual services and miniplex.
                      Reuters
                      3
                      Most South Africans are multilingual, able to speak more than one language.
                      The South African
                      4
                      The Vienna Model of language assessment in multilingual children will be presented.
                      Pubmed
                      5
                      Its multilingual technologies may also be relevant to this market, she added.
                      Reuters
                      Usage of polyglot in English
                      1
                      A sweet polyglot, but hurrying; it has the notes of many birds.
                      The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1
                      2
                      They spoke polyglot English in.recovery.logistics, and Felix had momentum on his side.
                      Wastelands
                      3
                      Commands and calls were being bawled in English, French, and polyglot profanity.
                      Alias the Lone Wolf
                      4
                      After the polyglot love-making, Gretchen goes up steps and enters a house.
                      From the Easy Chair, Volume 1
                      5
                      There is a vast polyglot population here, full of energy said life.
                      Peter Ruff and the Double Four
                      6
                      But the part I have chosen for myself don't require the polyglot.
                      Greenmantle
                      7
                      The circus is polyglot, and full of artists from around the world.
                      Wired
                      8
                      Bohrs was a polyglot, able to speak twenty-one languages fluently, idiomatically.
                      The Forever War
                      9
                      Not, therefore, from any of the polyglot ghettoes of lower Manhattan.
                      Tell me, pretty maiden
                      10
                      She gave Hal his first lesson in the drilling of these polyglot masses.
                      King Coal : a Novel
                      11
                      There a few town in the Carpathians & those which exist are polyglot.
                      The new yorker
                      12
                      Elaborate procedures were in place to accommodate the multiethnic, polyglot intake.
                      The white war: life and death on the italian front 1915-1919
                      13
                      The catbird is mild and feminine compared with this rollicking polyglot.
                      Wake-Robin
                      14
                      That also got over and his comrades realized that he was a polyglot.
                      The Martial Adventures of Henry and Me
                      15
                      Indeed, the earliest accomplishment of Peter Paul was his polyglot ability.
                      Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 04 / Little J...
                      16
                      He was a linguist of rare attainments, specializing in the polyglot of southeastern Europe.
                      The Drums of Jeopardy
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                      Translations for polyglot
                      Portuguese
                      poliglota
                      Polyglot through the time
                      Polyglot across language varieties
                      United Kingdom
                      Common