multilingual
[muhl-tee-ling-gwuh l, muhl-tahy- or, Canadian, -ling-gyoo-uh l]
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adjective
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.
noun
a multilingual person.
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Origin of multilingual
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Examples from the Web for multilingual
Contemporary Examples of multilingual
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.
It has what may be the largest concentration of multilingual people in the country.
They were multilingual, fluent in Arabic, Urdu, Baluch, and English, and moved easily through a globalizing world.
Moskvin was described as multilingual (he spoke 13 languages) and a historian, a professional traveler, journalist, and magician.
multilingual
adjective
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