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quadrilingual

quadrilingual adjective: involving four languages.

Adjective

quadrilingual (not comparable)

  1. Involving four languages.
    • Part of the rationale for this quadrilingual language policy is the desire to preserve ‘Asian values’, viewed as inherent in Asian languages, in the face of ‘Western values’ associated with globalisation and the use of English.2019, Li Huang, James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, →DOI, page 3
  2. Of a text, written in four languages.
  3. Of a person, able to speak four languages.

Noun

quadrilingual (plural quadrilinguals)

  1. A person who understands four languages.
  2. An inscription that includes the same text in four languages.

Synonyms of quadrilingual

Forms of quadrilingual

pluralquadrilinguals

Origin of quadrilingual

From quadri- + lingual.

Words formed from quadrilingual

Words that rhyme with quadrilingual

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Questions about quadrilingual

What does quadrilingual mean?
Quadrilingual means involving four languages.
What part of speech is quadrilingual?
Quadrilingual can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near quadrilingual in the dictionary

  1. quadrilemmas
  2. quadrilinear
  3. quadrilinearities
  4. quadrilinearity
  5. quadrilinearly
  6. quadrilingual
  7. quadrilingualism
  8. quadrilingually
  9. quadrilinguals
  10. quadriliteral
  11. quadriliteralism

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