Polyglot
noun
A person who knows and can speak several languages.
She is a polyglot, capable of speaking seven different languages fluidly.
Often appears as...
- becoming a polyglot
- polyglot speaker
adjective
Knowing or using several languages.
He is a polyglot programmer, conversant with many different coding languages.
Often appears as...
- polyglot capability
- polyglot individual
noun
A book, especially a Bible, containing the same text in several different languages.
He was reading a polyglot Bible, which contained the text in English, Latin, and Greek.
Often appears as...
- polyglot bible
- polyglot text
Usage tips
Academic
noun
A person who knows and can speak several languages.
She is a polyglot, capable of speaking seven different languages fluidly.
Often appears as...
- becoming a polyglot
- polyglot speaker
adjective
Knowing or using several languages.
He is a polyglot programmer, conversant with many different coding languages.
Often appears as...
- polyglot capability
- polyglot individual
noun
A book, especially a Bible, containing the same text in several different languages.
He was reading a polyglot Bible, which contained the text in English, Latin, and Greek.
Often appears as...
- polyglot bible
- polyglot text
Usage tips
Academic
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Impression
Being called a polyglot often carries prestige and suggests intelligence and worldliness.
After mastering several Asian and European languages, Kavya became known as a respected polyglot.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Fluent
'Polyglot' implies high proficiency in multiple languages, not just basic communication.
As a polyglot, Marco could not only order food, but also debate complex topics in multiple languages.
Pro Tip 3/3Variety Matters
Polyglots usually know languages from different language families, showing versatility.
The polyglot impressed us by switching from Semitic languages to Slavic ones effortlessly.
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Impression
Being called a polyglot often carries prestige and suggests intelligence and worldliness.
After mastering several Asian and European languages, Kavya became known as a respected polyglot.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Fluent
'Polyglot' implies high proficiency in multiple languages, not just basic communication.
As a polyglot, Marco could not only order food, but also debate complex topics in multiple languages.
Pro Tip 3/3Variety Matters
Polyglots usually know languages from different language families, showing versatility.
The polyglot impressed us by switching from Semitic languages to Slavic ones effortlessly.
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Impression
Being called a polyglot often carries prestige and suggests intelligence and worldliness.
After mastering several Asian and European languages, Kavya became known as a respected polyglot.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Fluent
'Polyglot' implies high proficiency in multiple languages, not just basic communication.
As a polyglot, Marco could not only order food, but also debate complex topics in multiple languages.
Pro Tip 3/3Variety Matters
Polyglots usually know languages from different language families, showing versatility.
The polyglot impressed us by switching from Semitic languages to Slavic ones effortlessly.
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The secrets of learning...
to learn languages so much faster than other people? I decided to meet other people like me and find that out. The best place to meet a lot of polyglots is an event where hundreds of language lovers meet in one place to practice their languages. There are several such polyglot events organized all around the world,
Video examples
The secrets of learning...
to learn languages so much faster than other people? I decided to meet other people like me and find that out. The best place to meet a lot of polyglots is an event where hundreds of language lovers meet in one place to practice their languages. There are several such polyglot events organized all around the world,
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Quote examples
Richard Corliss
American Writer
In 'Blade Runner,' the here is quite enough: a vision of dark, cramped, urban squalor. This is Los Angeles in the year 2019, when most of the earth's inhabitants have colonized other planets, and only a polyglot refuse heap of humanity remains. Los Angeles is a Japanized nighttown of sleaze and silicon, fetid steam, and perpetual rain.
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Jeffrey Kluger
American Writer
The mind of the polyglot is a very particular thing, and scientists are only beginning to look closely at how acquiring a second language influences learning, behavior and the very structure of the brain itself.
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Rachel Maddow
American Journalist
I would like to be a polyglot.
Quote examples
Richard Corliss
American Writer
In 'Blade Runner,' the here is quite enough: a vision of dark, cramped, urban squalor. This is Los Angeles in the year 2019, when most of the earth's inhabitants have colonized other planets, and only a polyglot refuse heap of humanity remains. Los Angeles is a Japanized nighttown of sleaze and silicon, fetid steam, and perpetual rain.
Quote examples
Jeffrey Kluger
American Writer
The mind of the polyglot is a very particular thing, and scientists are only beginning to look closely at how acquiring a second language influences learning, behavior and the very structure of the brain itself.
Quote examples
Rachel Maddow
American Journalist
I would like to be a polyglot.
Example 1 of 3
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