polyglott

Adjective

polyglot (comparative more polyglot, superlative most polyglot)

1. Of a person: speaking, or versed in, many languages; multilingual.
   • '[T]is thought the two and twenty Languages which Mythrydates the great Polyglot King of Pontus did ſpeak, wer all within the circumference of Anatolia in regard his dominions extended but a little further: […]1630 August 3 (Gregorian calendar), James Howell, “LVIII. To the Right Hon. the E. R.”, in [Epistolæ Ho-Elianæ.] A New Volume of Familiar Letters, […], 3rd edition, volume II, London: […] Humphrey...

   Synonyms:

   polyglotted, polyglottic, polylingual

2. Containing, or made up of, several languages; specifically, of a book (especially a bible): having text translated into several languages.
   • a polyglot bible a polyglot lexicon

   Synonyms:

   polyglossic, polyglottal, polyglottic, polyglottish

3. Comprising various (native) linguistic groups; multilingual.
   • A polyglot region without a clearly dominant culture may develop an artificial lingua franca, such as Pidgin English in the South Sea.

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