multilingual
adjective (multilingual; more multilingual); noun (a multilingual — rare)
Everyday
- Able to speak or use several languages. tree →
- Written in or using several languages, as in "a multilingual sign" or "a multilingual dictionary". tree →
In the lessons
Used in language lessons and everyday life: many children are multilingual, speaking one language at home and another at school. Airports, museums and hospitals use multilingual signs. Phrases: "multilingual family", "multilingual school".
Examples
- My cousin is multilingual; she speaks English, Polish and Spanish. tree →
- The airport signs are multilingual. tree →
- Many children in Ireland are bilingual or multilingual. tree →
- Our school library has multilingual books. tree →
- Being multilingual can help you get a job abroad. tree →
- The museum gave us a multilingual guide. tree →
- Switzerland is a multilingual country with four official languages. tree →
Note
"Bilingual" means two languages, "trilingual" three, "multilingual" several or many. "Monolingual" means only one. "Lingual" comes from Latin "lingua" (tongue, language).
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «multilingual» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «multilingual» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
This page in Markdown → https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/multilingual/