Polyglot

//ˈpɒlɪɡlɒt//

Synonyms for "polyglot" (39 found)

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Translations

180 translations across 54 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • poliglot noun (one who has mastered (especially when able to speak) several languages)

Arabic

2 entries
  • بُولِيجْلُوت noun (one who has mastered (especially when able to speak) several languages)
  • مَزِيج مِن اللُّغَات noun (one who has mastered (especially when able to speak) several languages)

Armenian

1 entries
  • պոլիգլոտ noun (one who has mastered (especially when able to speak) several languages)

Belarusian

3 entries
  • мнагамо́ўны adj (of a person: speaking, or versed in, many languages — see also multilingual, plurilingual)
  • шматмо́ўны adj (of a person: speaking, or versed in, many languages — see also multilingual, plurilingual)
  • палігло́т noun (one who has mastered (especially when able to speak) several languages)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • многоези́чен adj (of a person: speaking, or versed in, many languages — see also multilingual, plurilingual)
  • полигло́т noun (one who has mastered (especially when able to speak) several languages)

Catalan

3 entries
  • poliglot adj (containing, or made up of, several languages)
  • poliglot noun (one who has mastered (especially when able to speak) several languages)
  • poliglota noun (one who has mastered (especially when able to speak) several languages)

Chinese Cantonese

3 entries
  • 多種語言 /多种语言 adj (containing, or made up of, several languages)
  • 多種語言 /多种语言 adj (comprising various (native) linguistic groups — see also multilingual)
  • 講多種語言 /讲多种语言 adj (of a person: speaking, or versed in, many languages — see also multilingual, plurilingual)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 多種語言 /多种语言 adj (of a person: speaking, or versed in, many languages — see also multilingual, plurilingual)
  • 多語 /多语 adj (of a person: speaking, or versed in, many languages — see also multilingual, plurilingual)
  • 多語者 /多语者 noun (one who has mastered (especially when able to speak) several languages)
  • 通數國語文的人 /通数国语文的人 noun (one who has mastered (especially when able to speak) several languages)

Czech

4 entries
  • mnohojazyčný adj (of a person: speaking, or versed in, many languages — see also multilingual, plurilingual)
  • vícejazyčný adj (of a person: speaking, or versed in, many languages — see also multilingual, plurilingual)
  • polyglot noun (one who has mastered (especially when able to speak) several languages)
  • polyglota noun (publication in several languages)

Danish

1 entries
  • flersproget adj (of a person: speaking, or versed in, many languages — see also multilingual, plurilingual)

Dutch

4 entries
  • meertalig adj (of a person: speaking, or versed in, many languages — see also multilingual, plurilingual)
  • meertalig adj (containing, or made up of, several languages)
  • polyglot adj (of a person: speaking, or versed in, many languages — see also multilingual, plurilingual)
  • polyglottisch adj (of a person: speaking, or versed in, many languages — see also multilingual, plurilingual)

Esperanto

4 entries
  • plurlingva adj (containing, or made up of, several languages)
  • plurlingvfamilia adj (comprising various (native) linguistic groups — see also multilingual)
  • plurlingvgrupa adj (comprising various (native) linguistic groups — see also multilingual)
  • plurlingvano noun (one who has mastered (especially when able to speak) several languages)

Estonian

1 entries
  • polüglott noun (one who has mastered (especially when able to speak) several languages)

Faroese

3 entries
  • fleirmæltur adj (of a person: speaking, or versed in, many languages — see also multilingual, plurilingual)
  • fleirmæltur adj (containing, or made up of, several languages)
  • fleirmælingur noun (one who has mastered (especially when able to speak) several languages)

Finnish

4 entries
  • monikielinen adj (of a person: speaking, or versed in, many languages — see also multilingual, plurilingual)
  • monikielinen adj (containing, or made up of, several languages)
  • monikielinen adj (comprising various (native) linguistic groups — see also multilingual)
  • kielitaituri noun (one who has mastered (especially when able to speak) several languages)

French

4 entries
  • multilingue adj (of a person: speaking, or versed in, many languages — see also multilingual, plurilingual)
  • plurilingue adj (of a person: speaking, or versed in, many languages — see also multilingual, plurilingual)
  • polyglotte adj (of a person: speaking, or versed in, many languages — see also multilingual, plurilingual)
  • polyglotte adj (containing, or made up of, several languages)

Georgian

3 entries
  • მრავალენოვანი adj (containing, or made up of, several languages)
  • პოლიგლოტი adj (of a person: speaking, or versed in, many languages — see also multilingual, plurilingual)
  • პოლიგლოტი noun (one who has mastered (especially when able to speak) several languages)

German

4 entries
  • mehrsprachig adj (of a person: speaking, or versed in, many languages — see also multilingual, plurilingual)
  • mehrsprachig adj (containing, or made up of, several languages)
  • polyglott adj (of a person: speaking, or versed in, many languages — see also multilingual, plurilingual)
  • polyglott adj (containing, or made up of, several languages)

Greek

4 entries
  • πολύγλωσσος adj (of a person: speaking, or versed in, many languages — see also multilingual, plurilingual)
  • πολύγλωσσος adj (containing, or made up of, several languages)
  • πολύγλωσσος adj (comprising various (native) linguistic groups — see also multilingual)
  • γλωσσομαθής noun (one who has mastered (especially when able to speak) several languages)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • פּוֹלִיגְלוֹט noun (one who has mastered (especially when able to speak) several languages)
  • רב־לשוני noun (one who has mastered (especially when able to speak) several languages)

Hindi

2 entries
  • बहुभाषी adj (of a person: speaking, or versed in, many languages — see also multilingual, plurilingual)
  • भाषाविद् noun (one who has mastered (especially when able to speak) several languages)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • poliglott adj (of a person: speaking, or versed in, many languages — see also multilingual, plurilingual)
  • soknyelvű adj (of a person: speaking, or versed in, many languages — see also multilingual, plurilingual)
  • soknyelvű adj (containing, or made up of, several languages)
  • soknyelvű adj (comprising various (native) linguistic groups — see also multilingual)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • fjöltyngdur adj (of a person: speaking, or versed in, many languages — see also multilingual, plurilingual)

Ido

3 entries
  • poliglotino noun (one who has mastered (especially when able to speak) several languages)
  • poligloto noun (one who has mastered (especially when able to speak) several languages)
  • poliglotulo noun (one who has mastered (especially when able to speak) several languages)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • multibahasawan noun (one who has mastered (especially when able to speak) several languages)
  • poliglot noun (one who has mastered (especially when able to speak) several languages)

Interlingua

4 entries
  • polyglotte adj (containing, or made up of, several languages)
  • polyglotte adj (comprising various (native) linguistic groups — see also multilingual)
  • polyglotto adj (of a person: speaking, or versed in, many languages — see also multilingual, plurilingual)
  • polyglotto noun (one who has mastered (especially when able to speak) several languages)

Italian

4 entries
  • poliglotta adj (of a person: speaking, or versed in, many languages — see also multilingual, plurilingual)
  • poliglotta adj (containing, or made up of, several languages)
  • poliglotta noun (one who has mastered (especially when able to speak) several languages)
  • poliglotto noun (one who has mastered (especially when able to speak) several languages)

Japanese

3 entries
  • 多言語 adj (of a person: speaking, or versed in, many languages — see also multilingual, plurilingual)
  • ポリグロット noun (one who has mastered (especially when able to speak) several languages)
  • 多言語話者 noun (one who has mastered (especially when able to speak) several languages)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • полиглот noun (one who has mastered (especially when able to speak) several languages)

Korean

2 entries
  • 다국어 adj (of a person: speaking, or versed in, many languages — see also multilingual, plurilingual)
  • 다중언어 adj (of a person: speaking, or versed in, many languages — see also multilingual, plurilingual)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • полиглот noun (one who has mastered (especially when able to speak) several languages)

Latvian

2 entries
  • poliglote noun (one who has mastered (especially when able to speak) several languages)
  • poliglots noun (one who has mastered (especially when able to speak) several languages)

Lithuanian

2 entries
  • poliglotas noun (one who has mastered (especially when able to speak) several languages)
  • poliglotė noun (one who has mastered (especially when able to speak) several languages)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • повеќеја́зичен adj (of a person: speaking, or versed in, many languages — see also multilingual, plurilingual)
  • полигло́т noun (one who has mastered (especially when able to speak) several languages)

Manx

2 entries
  • yl-çhengagh adj (of a person: speaking, or versed in, many languages — see also multilingual, plurilingual)
  • yl-çhengagh adj (containing, or made up of, several languages)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • flerspråklig adj (of a person: speaking, or versed in, many languages — see also multilingual, plurilingual)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • fleirspråkleg adj (of a person: speaking, or versed in, many languages — see also multilingual, plurilingual)

Ossetian

1 entries
  • полиглот noun (one who has mastered (especially when able to speak) several languages)

Persian

3 entries
  • چند زبانه adj (of a person: speaking, or versed in, many languages — see also multilingual, plurilingual)
  • متکلم به چند زبان noun (one who has mastered (especially when able to speak) several languages)
  • چندزبانه noun (one who has mastered (especially when able to speak) several languages)

Polish

4 entries
  • kilkujęzyczny adj (of a person: speaking, or versed in, many languages — see also multilingual, plurilingual)
  • kilkujęzykowy adj (of a person: speaking, or versed in, many languages — see also multilingual, plurilingual)
  • poliglotyczny adj (of a person: speaking, or versed in, many languages — see also multilingual, plurilingual)
  • różnojęzyczny adj (of a person: speaking, or versed in, many languages — see also multilingual, plurilingual)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • multilíngue adj (containing, or made up of, several languages)
  • poliglota adj (of a person: speaking, or versed in, many languages — see also multilingual, plurilingual)
  • poliglota noun (one who has mastered (especially when able to speak) several languages)

Romanian

2 entries
  • poliglot noun (one who has mastered (especially when able to speak) several languages)
  • poliglotă noun (one who has mastered (especially when able to speak) several languages)

Russian

3 entries
  • многоязы́чный adj (of a person: speaking, or versed in, many languages — see also multilingual, plurilingual)
  • полигло́т noun (one who has mastered (especially when able to speak) several languages)
  • полигло́тта noun (publication in several languages)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • ioma-chànanach noun (one who has mastered (especially when able to speak) several languages)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • višejezičan adj (of a person: speaking, or versed in, many languages — see also multilingual, plurilingual)
  • вишејезичан adj (of a person: speaking, or versed in, many languages — see also multilingual, plurilingual)
  • polìglot noun (one who has mastered (especially when able to speak) several languages)
  • višejezičnik noun (publication in several languages)

Slovak

2 entries
  • mnohojazyčný adj (of a person: speaking, or versed in, many languages — see also multilingual, plurilingual)
  • polyglot noun (one who has mastered (especially when able to speak) several languages)

Slovene

2 entries
  • večjezičen adj (of a person: speaking, or versed in, many languages — see also multilingual, plurilingual)
  • poliglot noun (one who has mastered (especially when able to speak) several languages)

Spanish

4 entries
  • poliglota adj (containing, or made up of, several languages)
  • poliglota m or f= adj (of a person: speaking, or versed in, many languages — see also multilingual, plurilingual)
  • poligloto adj (of a person: speaking, or versed in, many languages — see also multilingual, plurilingual)
  • poligloto adj (containing, or made up of, several languages)

Swedish

4 entries
  • flerspråkig adj (of a person: speaking, or versed in, many languages — see also multilingual, plurilingual)
  • flerspråkig adj (containing, or made up of, several languages)
  • polyglott adj (of a person: speaking, or versed in, many languages — see also multilingual, plurilingual)
  • polyglott adj (containing, or made up of, several languages)

Tamil

1 entries
  • பன்மொழியாளர் noun (one who has mastered (especially when able to speak) several languages)

Turkish

3 entries
  • çokdil adj (comprising various (native) linguistic groups — see also multilingual)
  • çokdilli adj (of a person: speaking, or versed in, many languages — see also multilingual, plurilingual)
  • çokdilli adj (containing, or made up of, several languages)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • багатомо́вний adj (of a person: speaking, or versed in, many languages — see also multilingual, plurilingual)
  • полігло́т noun (one who has mastered (especially when able to speak) several languages)

Volapük

3 entries
  • hipolüglot noun (one who has mastered (especially when able to speak) several languages)
  • jipolüglot noun (one who has mastered (especially when able to speak) several languages)
  • polüglot noun (one who has mastered (especially when able to speak) several languages)

Yiddish

3 entries
  • בעל־לשון adj (of a person: speaking, or versed in, many languages — see also multilingual, plurilingual)
  • עטלעך־שפּראַכיק adj (of a person: speaking, or versed in, many languages — see also multilingual, plurilingual)
  • פּאָליגלאָט noun (one who has mastered (especially when able to speak) several languages)

Sample sentences

18 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

It doesn't require you to be a polyglot.

Source: tatoeba (704152)

A polyglot is someone who can read upside-down.

Source: tatoeba (1360826)

Keep learning and become a polyglot.

Source: tatoeba (4104927)

Are you a polyglot?

Source: tatoeba (4873731)

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.