polyglot

🇬🇧 UK/'pɒliglɒt/🇺🇸 US
GREC2

Definitions

n.

A person who speaks or is proficient in several languages.

通晓多种语言的人;多语者

adj.

Speaking or written in several languages; multilingual.

使用多种语言的;多语的

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
polymany, much
+
glotroot
=polyglot

Common Collocations

  • 1.fluent polyglot流利的多语者
  • 2.self-taught polyglot自学成才的多语者
  • 3.[polyglot community][多语者社群]
  • 4.become a polyglot成为多语达人

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    As a true polyglot, she effortlessly switches between French, Mandarin, and Arabic.

  • 2.

    The United Nations often recruits polyglots for diplomatic and translation roles.

  • 3.

    He became a polyglot by immersing himself in foreign cultures from a young age.

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