omnilingual
UK/ɒmnɪˈlɪŋ.ɡwəl/US/ɑmnɪˈlɪŋ.ɡwəl/
omnilingual adjective: having the ability to speak, or to understand, all languages.
Adjective
omnilingual (not comparable)
- Having the ability to speak, or to understand, all languages.
- Sir, my omnilingual Diorama having recently appeared in your useful publication, unconnected with some of the proofs that it has a just claim to such a comprehensive title, I shall now, with your permission, submit a prospectus of my universal characters contrasted with those which are most current...1825, The Oriental Herald 1825-08: Volume 6, Issue 20, Open Court Publishing Company, page 302
- Because they are in some sense part of an omnilingual scholarly vocabulary, many instructors require their students to learn them and use them.1960, The Voice Out of the Whirlwind: The Book of Job, Chandler Pub. Company, page 328
Noun
omnilingual (plural omnilinguals)
- A person who has the ability to speak, or to understand, all languages
- Synonyms:
- omnilinguist
Synonyms of omnilingual
Forms of omnilingual
| plural | omnilinguals |
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Origin of omnilingual
From omni- + lingual.
Words formed from omnilingual
Words that rhyme with omnilingual
- translingual
- bilingual
- buccolingual
- decalingual
- lingual
- nonalingual
- octolingual
- pentalingual
- quadrilingual
- sublingual
- ambilingual
- dentilingual
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- heptalingual
- hexalingual
- labiolingual
- multilingual
- polylingual
- prelingual
- quinquelingual
- sesquilingual
- tetralingual
- trilingual
- alveololingual
- anterolingual
- apicolingual
- audiolingual
- axiolingual
- brevilingual
- cervicolingual
- colingual
- collingual
- crosslingual
- distolingual
- dorsolingual
- equilingual
- exolingual
- faciolingual
- fissilingual
- gingivolingual
- heterolingual
- homolingual
- hyolingual
- interlingual
- intralingual
- laterolingual
- matrilingual
- mediolingual
- mesiolingual
- mesolingual
- metrolingual
- midlingual
- monolingual
- panlingual
- paralingual
- perilingual
- plurilingual
- posterolingual
- postlingual
- protolingual
- retrolingual
Questions about omnilingual
- What does omnilingual mean?
- Omnilingual means having the ability to speak, or to understand, all languages.
- What part of speech is omnilingual?
- Omnilingual can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce omnilingual?
- Omnilingual is pronounced /ɒmnɪˈlɪŋ.ɡwəl/ (UK).
Words near omnilingual in the dictionary
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