English > polyglot: 2 senses > noun 1, person | Meaning | A person who speaks more than one language. |
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| Synonym | linguist |
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| Instances | Greenberg, Joseph Greenberg | United States linguist who studied the historical relations among 5,000 languages (1916-2001) |
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| Harris, Zellig Harris, Zellig Sabbatai Harris | United States linguist (born in Ukraine) who developed mathematical linguistics and interpreted speech and writing in a social context (1909-1992) |
| Narrower | bilingual, bilingualist | A person who speaks two languages fluently |
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| translator, transcriber | A person who translates written messages from one language to another |
| Broader | person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul | A human being |
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| Spanish | poliglota, políglota, poligloto, polígloto |
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| Catalan | poliglota, políglota, poliglot |
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| Adjectives | polyglot | having a command of or composed in many languages |
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