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polyglot

pol·y·glot
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [pol-ee-glot]
    • /ˈpɒl iˌglɒt/
    • /ˈpɒl.ɪ.ɡlɒt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [pol-ee-glot]
    • /ˈpɒl iˌglɒt/

Definitions of polyglot word

  • adjective polyglot able to speak or write several languages; multilingual. 1
  • adjective polyglot containing, composed of, or written in several languages: a polyglot Bible. 1
  • noun polyglot a mixture or confusion of languages. 1
  • noun polyglot a person who speaks, writes, or reads a number of languages. 1
  • noun polyglot a book, especially a Bible, containing the same text in several languages. 1
  • noun polyglot multilingual person 1

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Origin of polyglot

First appearance:

before 1635
One of the 43% oldest English words
1635-45; < Medieval Latin polyglōttus < Greek polýglōttos many-tongued. See poly-, -glot

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Parts of speech for Polyglot

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

polyglot popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 74% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

polyglot usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for polyglot

noun polyglot

  • adapter — a person or thing that adapts
  • cryptographer — the science or study of the techniques of secret writing, especially code and cipher systems, methods, and the like. Compare cryptanalysis (def 2).
  • cryptologist — cryptography.
  • decoder — A decoder is a device used to decode messages or signals sent in code, for example the television signals from a satellite.
  • definer — to state or set forth the meaning of (a word, phrase, etc.): They disagreed on how to define “liberal.”.

adjective polyglot

  • multilingual — using or able to speak several or many languages with some facility.

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