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| pol·y·glot [ póllee glòt ] |
adjective |
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1. competent in many languages: capable of reading, writing, or speaking many languages
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2. in many languages: written or communicated in many languages
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noun (plural pol·y·glots) |
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1. multilingual person: a speaker of many languages
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2. book containing text in many languages: a book, especially a Bible, that gives the text in several languages
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3. mix of languages: a confused mixture of languages
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| [Mid-17th century. Via French< Greek poluglōttos< glōtta "tongue, language"] |
