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triliteracy

triliteracy noun: the capability of reading and writing in three languages.

Noun

triliteracy (uncountable)

  1. The capability of reading and writing in three languages.

Origin of triliteracy

From tri- + literacy.

Questions about triliteracy

What does triliteracy mean?
Triliteracy means the capability of reading and writing in three languages.
What part of speech is triliteracy?
Triliteracy is a noun.

Words near triliteracy in the dictionary

  1. trilinoleate
  2. trilinoleates
  3. trilinolein
  4. trilinolenate
  5. trilinolenin
  6. triliteracy
  7. triliteral
  8. triliteralism
  9. triliterality
  10. triliterally
  11. triliteralness

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