| Definitions | polyglot
noun (plural polyglots)
- One who speaks several languages.
- Quotations
- A , or good linguist - Howell
- A book containing several versions of the same text, or containing the same subject matter in several languages; esp., the Scriptures in several languages.
- Quotations
- Enriched by the publication of polyglots - Abp. Newcome
- (Computer programming): A program written in multiple programming languages.
Translations: - Dutch: talenknobbel m, f, talenkenner m, f, polyglot m, f
- French: polyglotte m, f
- German: Sprachenkundiger , Sprachenkundige
- Spanish: políglota
adjective
- Containing, or made up, of, several languages.
- a lexicon; a Bible
- Versed in, or speaking, many languages.
Translations: Etymology: From Greek ' (literally, many-tongued) < ' (polus), many + á (glÅtta), tongue; compare to French polyglotte
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