Trilingual

//tɹaɪ̯ˈlɪŋ.ɡwəl// adj, noun

adj, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person who speaks three languages.

    "There were no doubt Turanians or Mongols in Media whose language we know from the great trilinguals of Darius, but the early kings of the Medes had Aryan names, as had many other chiefs whom the Assyrians encountered."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Able to read or speak three languages.
  2. 2
    Expressed or written in three languages.
Adjective
  1. 1
    using or knowing three languages wordnet

Synonyms

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multilingual

Example

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"Our exhibitions are always produced with trilingual labels."

Etymology

From tri- + lingual.

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