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Multilingual vs Interlingual - What's the difference?

multilingual | interlingual |

As adjectives the difference between multilingual and interlingual

is that multilingual is pertaining to multiple languages while interlingual is (linguistics|translation studies) spanning across multiple languages; having a multilingual flair or quality.

multilingual

English

Adjective

(wikipedia multilingual) (en adjective)
  • Pertaining to multiple languages.
  • (of a person) able to communicate fluently in multiple languages

    • Related terms

    * language * multilingualism

    See also

    * polyglot

    interlingual

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (linguistics, translation studies) Spanning across multiple languages; having a multilingual flair or quality.
  • * 2004 , Wolfram Wilss, Translation in Undergraduate Degree Programmes , edited by Kirsten Malmkjær, John Benjamins Publishing Co, p. 9:
    • Why is translation suitable as a subject-matter of academic study, or to raise this question in a somewhat different and perhaps more challenging form: What distinguishes everyday, intralingual communication from interlingual , "exceptional" communication?

    Antonyms

    * intralingual