trilingual
Syllables: tri·lin·gual/tɹaɪ̯ˈlɪŋ.ɡwəl/
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Canada/tɹʌɪ̯ˈlɪŋ.ɡwəl/
trilingual adjective: able to read or speak three languages.
Adjective
trilingual (comparative more trilingual, superlative most trilingual)
Noun
trilingual (plural trilinguals)
- A person who speaks three languages.
- There were no doubt Turanians or Mongols in Media whose language we know from the great trilinguals of Darius, but the early kings of the Medes had Aryan names, as had many other chiefs whom the Assyrians encountered.1891, Claude Reignier Conder, The Lycian Language, page 616
- An inscription that includes the same text in three languages.
trilingual meaning in Tamil
trilingual in Tamil
- மூன்று மொழிகளிலுள்ள, மூன்று மொழிகளைப் பயன்படுத்துகிற
Forms of trilingual
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more trilingual |
| superlative | most trilingual |
| Noun | |
| plural | trilinguals |
Origin of trilingual
From tri- + lingual.
Words formed from trilingual
Words that rhyme with trilingual
- 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
- 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
- omnilingual
- panlingual
- paralingual
- perilingual
- plurilingual
- posterolingual
- postlingual
- protolingual
- retrolingual
Questions about trilingual
- What does trilingual mean?
- Trilingual means able to read or speak three languages.
- What is trilingual in Tamil?
- Trilingual in Tamil is மூன்று மொழிகளிலுள்ள, மூன்று மொழிகளைப் பயன்படுத்துகிற. See Trilingual meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is trilingual?
- Trilingual can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce trilingual?
- Trilingual is pronounced /tɹaɪ̯ˈlɪŋ.ɡwəl/ (UK).
Words near trilingual in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: trilingual (page history and authors); trilingual (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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