POLYGLOT


Meaning of POLYGLOT in English

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)

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.