multilingual
using or able to speak several or many languages with some facility.
spoken or written in several or many languages: a multilingual broadcast.
dealing with or involving several or many languages:a multilingual dictionary of business terms.
a multilingual person.
Origin of multilingual
1Other words from multilingual
- mul·ti·lin·gual·ly, adverb
- mul·ti·lin·gual·ism, noun
Words Nearby multilingual
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How to use multilingual in a sentence
The multilingual web emerged within two years of the birth of the standards in 1994 that created the web as we know it.
The web must change its business model if it wants to become truly global and multilingual | matthewheimer | December 21, 2020 | FortuneSecond, social media and messaging are inherently multilingual.
The web must change its business model if it wants to become truly global and multilingual | matthewheimer | December 21, 2020 | FortuneAt the same time, other strategies, often shared through multilingual PSAs on local radio, may be more effective for people in these communities, who often don’t use smartphones for anything more than texting, according to Munoz.
While mainland America struggles with covid apps, tiny Guam has made them work | Cat Ferguson | November 30, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewSan Francisco-based Wikimedia is a nonprofit focused on providing free, multilingual content.
Beijing blocked Wikimedia from a UN agency because of “Taiwan-related issues” | Mary Hui | September 25, 2020 | QuartzI explained that the multilingual CEO had probably meant to say “results oriented” and we argued about this, good natured but not without passion for a good 20 minutes.
Rent regulation promises true pluralism, an ideal in which the multilingual Needelman has a deeply personal stake.
Almost all the applicants were multilingual and searching for their first post-university jobs.
Edward Snowden Inspires European Youths to Train as Spies | Barbie Latza Nadeau | July 11, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTIt has what may be the largest concentration of multilingual people in the country.
Utah Up, Chicago Down: Why Mitt Romney Should Embrace His Mormonism | Joel Kotkin | August 22, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThey were multilingual, fluent in Arabic, Urdu, Baluch, and English, and moved easily through a globalizing world.
9/11 Mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Finally on Trial at Guantanamo | Terry McDermott | May 4, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTMoskvin was described as multilingual (he spoke 13 languages) and a historian, a professional traveler, journalist, and magician.
Russian Historian Anatoly Moskvin Collected Dead Girls at Home | Anna Nemtsova | November 28, 2011 | THE DAILY BEAST
British Dictionary definitions for multilingual
/ (ˌmʌltɪˈlɪŋɡwəl) /
able to speak more than two languages
written or expressed in more than two languages: Compare bilingual, monolingual
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