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Bilingual vs Polylingual - What's the difference?

bilingual | polylingual |

As adjectives the difference between bilingual and polylingual

is that bilingual is having the ability to speak two languages while polylingual is of or pertaining to multiple languages; multilingual.

As a noun bilingual

is a person who is able to use two languages.

bilingual

English

Alternative forms

* bi-lingual

Adjective

(wikipedia bilingual) (-)
  • Having the ability to speak two languages
  • Spoken or written in two different languages
    • a bilingual dictionary
  • Characterized by the use or presence of two languages

    • Derived terms

    * bilingualism * bilinguality

    Synonyms

    * diglot

    See also

    * biscriptal

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who is able to use two languages.

    • polylingual

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • of or pertaining to multiple languages; multilingual
  • able to use multiple languages