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polyglot

1 of 2

noun

poly·​glot ˈpä-lē-ˌglät How to pronounce polyglot (audio)
1
: one who is polyglot
2
capitalized : a book containing versions of the same text in several languages
especially : the Scriptures in several languages
3
: a mixture or confusion of languages or nomenclatures

polyglot

2 of 2

adjective

1
a
: speaking or writing several languages : multilingual
b
: composed of numerous linguistic groups
a polyglot population
2
: containing matter in several languages
a polyglot sign
3
: composed of elements from different languages
4
: widely diverse (as in ethnic or cultural origins)
a polyglot cuisine

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Polyglot comes from Greek polyglōttos, a combination of poly-, meaning "many" or "multi-," and glōtta, "language." Eventually, the word came to describe multilingual diversity.

Example Sentences

Adjective a polyglot community made up of many cultures
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
In the 19th century, this was the Russian Eldorado, a raucous, polyglot city on the make, populated by Greeks, Italians, Tatars, Russians, Turks and Poles. New York Times, 19 Aug. 2022 Vienna was a melting pot of nationalities from across central Europe and beyond, with visitors struck by its polyglot population and its burgeoning cultural scene, which attracted the finest composers, performers, and artists from near and far. Angus Robertson, The Week, 2 Aug. 2022 To muster a cohesive battalion out of such a polyglot rabble, and do so before what most analysts predicted would be a swift Russian victory, seemed all but impossible. Seth Harp, Harper’s Magazine , 22 June 2022 The subprefecture of some remote French region may not be the dream of a polished polyglot envoy. Roger Cohen, BostonGlobe.com, 31 May 2022 Thackrey was not only a winemaker, but also an accomplished photographer, a professional art dealer, a polyglot who spoke seven languages and a kind of philosopher. Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle, 31 May 2022 Raised speaking Spanish and English, Mr. Enriquez had become a sort of polyglot, having studied French, Italian and Latin. New York Times, 24 May 2022 This peripatetic life perhaps accounts for the polyglot nature of his artistic career. Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2022 Frankie Light is what’s known on social media as a YouTube polyglot. New York Times, 28 Apr. 2022
Adjective
The previously dazzling and polyglot metropole of Vienna became merely the capital of Austria, a tiny and economically ravaged rump state whose awkward geography was made up mostly (but not exclusively) of German speakers. Patrick Blanchfield, The New Republic, 1 Sep. 2022 Ty, a British rapper known for a lyrically thoughtful, musically polyglot approach to hip-hop and for serving as a bridge between generations of British rap, died on May 7 in London. Jon Caramanica, New York Times, 15 May 2020 Their politics are just one expression of that basic temperament—a temperament that might push them to live in polyglot cities, to hitchhike across Europe, to watch foreign-language films. Osita Nwanevu, The New Republic, 19 May 2020 When necessary, a translation service on speakerphone rounds out the polyglot medical chatter. David Montgomery, Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2020 This is why the MIT study of living polyglot brains offers more promise. TheWeek, 22 Feb. 2020 Even Kabul, which struggles daily to keep the Taliban at bay, was in the 16th century a polyglot place that beguiled a young Babur. Tunku Varadarajan, WSJ, 31 Jan. 2020 Donegal—that green archaism— and Manhattan in the nineteen-thirties, polyglot dynamo,all that was great about the twentieth centuryfermenting in its democratic casks. Campbell Mcgrath, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2020 Salazar’s heavy hand did not prevent a brisk business in books, newspapers, and magazines among the polyglot population of the city. Time, 3 Jan. 2020 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

derivative of polyglot entry 2; (sense 2) in part after the Complutensian Polyglot, a multilingual printed edition of the Bible completed in 1517

Adjective

borrowed from Greek (Attic) polýglōssos, (non-Attic) polýglōttos "speaking with many tongues, conveying many messages, in many languages," from poly- poly- + -glōssos, -glōttos, adjective derivative of glôssa, glôtta "tongue, language" — more at gloss entry 3

First Known Use

Noun

circa 1645, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Adjective

1650, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Time Traveler
The first known use of polyglot was circa 1645

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