polyglot
While reading Augsburg (2014), I came across polyglot as a new word. I guess I’m am one of these… although I almost feel like it should be reserved for people who know more than two languages.
polyglot
Noun
- a person who speaks more than one language
- Synonyms
- linguist
- Less specific
- person
- individual
- someone
- somebody
- mortal
- soul
- More specific
- bilingual
- bilingualist
- translator
- transcriber
- Examples
- Greenberg
- Joseph Greenberg
- Harris
- Zellig Harris
- Zellig Sabbatai Harris
- Related
- polyglot
- linguistic
- lingual
- Synonyms
Adjective
- having a command of or composed in many languages; “a polyglot traveler”; “a polyglot Bible contains versions in different languages”
- Similar to
- multilingual
- Related
- linguist
- polyglot
- Similar to
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Dictionary Entry Information
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Reference Author: Augsburg (2014)
Reference Citation:
Augsburg, T. (2014). Becoming transdisciplinary: The emergence of the transdisciplinary individual. World Futures, 70(3-4), 233-247. https://doi.org/10.1080/02604027.2014.934639
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