polyglot
adjective
able to speak or write several languages; multilingual.
polyglots
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pluralof polyglot.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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For the study, the researchers recruited 34 polyglots, each of whom had at least some degree of proficiency in five or more languages but were not bilingual or multilingual from infancy.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 11, 2024
Inside the fMRI machine, the polyglots listened to a series of 16-second-long recordings in one of eight different languages.
From Science Magazine ● Feb. 3, 2023
Some polyglots have noted problems with the languages already available.
From BBC ● May 11, 2022
Understanding the importance of languages in a globalized world, many Kenyans speak English, Swahili and a tribal language, and polyglots are common throughout Africa.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 21, 2018
The stock language is probably German, for this bohemian gathering is essentially a German institution; but the Germans are polyglots, and you will hardly find yourself lost in their company, whatever your native tongue.
From A History of Science, Volume 5(of 5) Aspects Of Recent Science by Henry Smith Williams
