Multilingualism

//mʌltiˈlɪŋɡwəlɪzəm//

Synonyms for "multilingualism" (2 found)

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Noun(1 words)

Related words (1)

Noun(1 words)

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Translations

46 translations across 33 languages.

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Arabic

1 entries
  • متعدد اللغات noun (ability to speak several languages)

Armenian

1 entries
  • բազմալեզվություն noun (ability to speak several languages)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • çoxdillilik noun (ability to speak several languages)

Basque

1 entries
  • eleaniztasuna noun (ability to speak several languages)

Breton

1 entries
  • liesyezhegezh noun (ability to speak several languages)

Catalan

2 entries
  • multilingüisme noun (ability to speak several languages)
  • plurilingüisme noun (ability to speak several languages)

Czech

1 entries
  • vícejazyčnost noun (ability to speak several languages)

Dutch

1 entries
  • meertaligheid noun (ability to speak several languages)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • plurlingvismo noun (ability to speak several languages)

Finnish

1 entries
  • monikielisyys noun (ability to speak several languages)

French

2 entries
  • multilinguisme noun (ability to speak several languages)
  • plurilinguisme noun (ability to speak several languages)

Galician

2 entries
  • multilingüismo noun (ability to speak several languages)
  • plurilingüismo noun (ability to speak several languages)

German

4 entries
  • Mehrsprachigkeit noun (ability to speak several languages)
  • Multilingualismus noun (ability to speak several languages)
  • Multilingualität noun (ability to speak several languages)
  • Multilinguismus noun (ability to speak several languages)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • רב־לשוניות noun (ability to speak several languages)

Hindi

2 entries
  • बहुभाषिकता noun (ability to speak several languages)
  • बहुभाषिता noun (ability to speak several languages)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • többnyelvűség noun (ability to speak several languages)

Italian

2 entries
  • multilinguismo noun (ability to speak several languages)
  • plurilinguismo noun (ability to speak several languages)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • көптілділік noun (ability to speak several languages)

Latin

1 entries
  • multilingualismus noun (ability to speak several languages)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • daugiakalbystė noun (ability to speak several languages)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • повеќеја́зичност noun (ability to speak several languages)

Norman

1 entries
  • multilîndgisme noun (ability to speak several languages)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • flerspråklighet noun (ability to speak several languages)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • fleirspråklegheit noun (ability to speak several languages)

Occitan

1 entries
  • multilingüisme noun (ability to speak several languages)

Polish

1 entries
  • wielojęzyczność noun (ability to speak several languages)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • multilinguismo noun (ability to speak several languages)
  • plurilinguismo noun (ability to speak several languages)

Romanian

1 entries
  • multilingvism noun (ability to speak several languages)

Russian

3 entries
  • многоязы́чие noun (ability to speak several languages)
  • многоязы́чность noun (ability to speak several languages)
  • мультилингви́зм noun (ability to speak several languages)

Spanish

2 entries
  • multilingüismo noun (ability to speak several languages)
  • plurilingüismo noun (ability to speak several languages)

Swedish

1 entries
  • flerspråkighet noun (ability to speak several languages)

Turkish

1 entries
  • çokdillilik noun (ability to speak several languages)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • багатомо́вність noun (ability to speak several languages)

Sample sentences

5 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The 26th of September is the European Day of Languages. The Council of Europe wants to draw attention to the multilingual heritage of Europe, to foster the evolution of multilingualism in society and to encourage citizens to learn languages​​. Tatoeba, as an easy-to-use learning tool and an active community, promotes the study and appreciation of languages in a very practical way.

Source: tatoeba (1866845)

Multilingualism may prevent dementia.

Source: tatoeba (6013072)

"With the use of Artificial Intelligence, people will experience more multilingualism. Everything from scientific to artistic will be available in multiple languages. I've experienced talking about scientific, philosophical, dramatic, and artistic ideas in not just Tagalog and Esperanto with AI. AI may decentralize information from traditionally dominant global languages, like English, and help minority-language peoples. It's just the beginning." "That's a profound observation. You're right—AI is poised to act as a kind of universal interpreter, making multilingualism more fluid and natural. Instead of needing one dominant global language to mediate, people may engage with science, art, and philosophy in their own languages without fear of being excluded."

Source: tatoeba (13415271)

This is, perhaps, where writing centers and composition studies are implicated most obviously into the conversation of language ideology, translingualism, and multilingualism.

Source: wiktionary

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