adj. & n.
--adj.
1. of many languages.
2 (of a person) speaking or writing several languages.
3 (of a book, esp. the Bible) with the text translated into several languages.
--n.
1. a polyglot person.
2 a polyglot book, esp. a Bible.
Derivatives:
polyglottal adj. polyglottic adj. polyglottism n.
Etymology: F polyglotte f. Gk poluglottos (as POLY-(1), glotta tongue)