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diglot

American  
[dahy-glot] / ˈdaɪ glɒt /

adjective

  1. bilingual.


noun

  1. a bilingual book or edition.

diglot British  
/ ˈdaɪɡlɒt /

adjective

  1. a less common word for bilingual

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noun

  1. a bilingual book

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Word Forms

  • diglottic adjective

Etymology

Origin of diglot

1860–65; < Greek díglōttos, equivalent to di- di- 1 + -glōttos, adj. derivative of glôssa, glôtta tongue, language; gloss 2

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It turns out that the list of Kindle's supported languages is a short one of 10: while it includes Catalan, Galician and Basque alongside the major western European languages, there's no Cornish – nor is there Welsh, Dutch or a number of others that Diglot publishes in.

From The Guardian

For St Piran's Day this year, Diglot wanted to release an ebook in English and Cornish of one of their bestsellers, Esmee Carré and Paul Wrangles's Matthew and the Wellington Boots.

From The Guardian

UK press Diglot Books is one of them, and this week took on the might of Amazon to get its Cornish children's story out to readers.

From The Guardian

When Matthew bounces down the stairs in a rush to play in the garden with his best friend Diglot, he discovers it is raining outside.

From The Guardian

Pan aslamm Matthew an grisyow war-nans yn uskis rag gwari y'n lowarth gans y goweth gwella, Diglot, ev a dhiskudh hy bos ow kul glaw.

From The Guardian