About The Word Polyglot
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Polyglot
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What's The Definition Of Polyglot?
[n] a person who speaks more than one language
[adj] having a command of or composed in many languages; "a polyglot traveler"; "a polyglot Bible contains versions in different languages" Synonyms | Synonyms for Polyglot: linguist | multilingual Related Terms | Find terms related to Polyglot: atlas | bilingual | calendar | casebook | catalog | catalogue raisonne | city directory | classified catalog | concordance | cyclopedia | diatesseron | dictionary catalog | diglot | directory | encyclopedia | gazetteer | harmony | index | linguist | multilingual | phone book | record book | reference book | source book | studbook | telephone book | telephone directory | work of reference See Also | bilingual | de Saussure | Ferdinand de Saussure | human | individual | mortal | person | Saussure | somebody | someone | soul | transcriber | translator Polyglot In Webster's Dictionary \Pol"y*glot\, a. [Gr. poly`glwttos many-tongued; poly`s
many + glw^tta, glw^ssa, tongue, language: cf. F.
polyglotte.]
1. Containing, or made up, of, several languages; as, a
polyglot lexicon, Bible.
2. Versed in, or speaking, many languages.
\Pol"y*glot\, n. 1. One who speaks several languages. [R.] ``A polyglot, or good linguist.'' --Howell. 2. A book containing several versions of the same text, or containing the same subject matter in several languages; esp., the Scriptures in several languages. Enriched by the publication of polyglots. --Abp. Newcome. |
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