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polyglot (s) (noun), polyglots (pl)
1. Someone who masters many native tongues: There are polyglots who speak, write, and understand many languages.
2. A confusion or mixture of several forms of foreign speech.
polyglot (adjective), more polyglot, most polyglot
1. Relating to being capable of reading, writing, or speaking many languages: Growing up in a multilingual home, Mike's polyglot niece speaks and reads German, French, and Spanish.
2. Conveying something that is written in, or composed of, several forms of speech: The polyglot staff-memo presented a variety of native tongues that were understood by the employees; including, Italian, English, and Portuguese.
A reference to someone who speaks or writes in many languages.
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Pertaining to anyone who can write in many languages.
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Descriptive of a person who is capable of reading, writing, or speaking many languages. (2)