multilingualism

mul·ti·lin·gual

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [muhl-tee-ling-gwuh l, muhl-tahy- or, Canadian, -ling-gyoo-uh l]
- /ˌmʌl tiˈlɪŋ gwəl, ˌmʌl taɪ- or, Canadian, -ˈlɪŋ gyu əl/
- /ˌmʌltɪˈlɪŋgwəlɪz(ə)m /

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [muhl-tee-ling-gwuh l, muhl-tahy- or, Canadian, -ling-gyoo-uh l]
- /ˌmʌl tiˈlɪŋ gwəl, ˌmʌl taɪ- or, Canadian, -ˈlɪŋ gyu əl/

Definitions of multilingualism word

adjective multilingualism using or able to speak several or many languages with some facility. 1
adjective multilingualism spoken or written in several or many languages: a multilingual broadcast. 1
adjective multilingualism dealing with or involving several or many languages: a multilingual dictionary of business terms. 1
noun multilingualism a multilingual person. 1
noun multilingualism Condition of being able to speak several languages. 1
noun multilingualism (of a country) the condition of being multilingual 0

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Origin of multilingualism

First appearance:

before 1830

One of the 36% newest English words

First recorded in 1830-40; multi- + lingual

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Parts of speech for Multilingualism

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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multilingualism popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 63% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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