multilingual

/ˌmʌltiˈlɪŋɡwəl/

adj 2noun 1

Collocations

ADJ.

all, ambitious, bilingual, electronic, entire, many, most, multicultural

VERB + MULTILINGUAL

am, become, contact, downloaded, find, kids, like, raised

MULTILINGUAL + NOUN

city, dictionary, environment, environments, equivalents, languages, person, region

PREP.

after, in, up

ADV.

really

Definitions

adj

Of, relating to, or involving multiple languages.

In reality, the multidimensionality of language contact in multilingual environments ensures no such neat compartmentalisation.

Wikipedia is the most ambitious multilingual project after the Bible: There are editions in over 340 languages, and a further 400 even more obscure ones are being developed and tested.

Able to communicate in a number of languages.

So being multilingual can make you more appealing, more successful and more compassionate. And it’s also good for your health.

Describing us as multilingual emphasizes our achievements and that learning English adds to the richness of our identity.

noun

A polyglot.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

Antonyms

monolingual

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

In reality, the multidimensionality of language contact in multilingual environments ensures no such neat compartmentalisation.

Wiktionary

Wikipedia is the most ambitious multilingual project after the Bible: There are editions in over 340 languages, and a further 400 even more obscure ones are being developed and tested.

Wiktionary

So being multilingual can make you more appealing, more successful and more compassionate. And it’s also good for your health.

Wiktionary

Tatoeba is really multilingual. All the languages are interconnected.

Tatoeba · #704141

Find multilingual sentence equivalents at Tatoeba.org.

Tatoeba · #764407

She's multilingual.

Tatoeba · #1690853

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