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Polyglot
Polyglot Pol"y*glot, a. [Gr. poly`glwttos many-tongued; poly`s
many + glw^tta, glw^ssa, tongue, language: cf. F.
polyglotte.]
1. Containing, or made up, of, several languages; as, a
polyglot lexicon, Bible.
2. Versed in, or speaking, many languages.
Polyglot
Polyglot Pol"y*glot, n.
1. One who speaks several languages. [R.] ``A polyglot, or
good linguist.' --Howell.
2. A book containing several versions of the same text, or
containing the same subject matter in several languages;
esp., the Scriptures in several languages.
Enriched by the publication of polyglots. --Abp.
Newcome.
Meaning of Polyglot from wikipedia
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increasingly possible.
People who
speak several languages are also
called polyglots.
Multilingual speakers have
acquired and
maintained at
least one language...
- Look up
polyglot in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A
polyglot is
someone who
speaks multiple languages.
Polyglot may also
refer to:
Polyglot (book),...
- In computing, a
polyglot is a
computer program or
script (or
other file)
written in a
valid form of
multiple programming languages or file formats. The...
- The
Plantin Polyglot (also
called the
Antwerp Polyglot, the
Biblia Regia or "King's Bible") is a
polyglot Bible,
printed under the
title Biblia Polyglotta...
-
Polyglot persistence is a term that
refers to
using multiple data
storage technologies within a
single system, in
order to meet
varying data
storage needs...
- Aphasia, also
known as dysphasia, is an
impairment in a person’s
ability to
comprehend or
formulate language because of
damage to
specific brain regions...
- A
polyglot is a book that
contains side-by-side
versions of the same text in
several different languages. Some
editions of the
Bible or its
parts are polyglots...
- (1960–),
Belgian linguist. In 1987, at the age of twenty-six, he won the
Polyglot of Flanders/Babel Prize,
after demonstrating communicative competence in...
- The
Complutensian Polyglot Bible is the name
given to the
first printed polyglot of the
entire Bible. The
edition was
initiated and
financed by Cardinal...
- The
Bibliotheca Polyglotta is a
Norwegian database for
Multilingualism project,
lingua franca and
science per
global history at the
University of Oslo...
