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polyglot
 
SYLLABICATION:pol·y·glot
PRONUNCIATION:  pl-glt
ADJECTIVE: Speaking, writing, written in, or composed of several languages.
NOUN:1. A person having a speaking, reading, or writing knowledge of several languages. 2. A book, especially a Bible, containing several versions of the same text in different languages. 3. A mixture or confusion of languages.
ETYMOLOGY:French polyglotte, from Greek poluglttos : polu-, poly- + gltta, tongue, language.
OTHER FORMS:poly·glotism, poly·glottism —NOUN
 
 
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