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What is the difference between polyglot and multilingual?

polyglot | multilingual |

As adjectives the difference between polyglot and multilingual

is that polyglot is versed in, or speaking, many languages while multilingual is pertaining to multiple languages.

As a noun polyglot

is one who masters, notably speaks, several languages.

polyglot

English

Adjective

  • Versed in, or speaking, many languages.
  • Containing, or made up of, several languages.
    • a polyglot''' lexicon; a '''polyglot Bible
  • Comprising various linguistic groups
    • ''A polyglot region without a clearly dominant culture may develop an artificial lingua franca, such as Pidgin English in the South Sea

    Derived terms

    * polyglotism

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who masters, notably speaks, several languages.
  • * A polyglot , or good linguist - Howell
  • A publication containing several versions of the same text, or the same subject matter in several languages; especially, the Bible in several languages.
  • * Enriched by the publication of polyglots -
  • A mixture of langages and/or nomenclatures
  • (programming) A program written in multiple programming languages.

    • See also

    * monolingual * bilingual * hyperpolyglot * trilingual * multilingual * parallel text English words prefixed with poly- ----

    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