multilingual

[ muhl-tee-ling-gwuhl, muhl-tahy-or, Canadian, -ling-gyoo-uhl ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

using or able to speak several or many languages with some facility.
spoken or written in several or many languages:
a multilingual broadcast.
dealing with or involving several or many languages:
a multilingual dictionary of business terms.

multilingual

/ ˌmʌltɪˈlɪŋɡwəl /

First recorded in 1830–40; multi- + lingual

Rent regulation promises true pluralism, an ideal in which the multilingual Needelman has a deeply personal stake.

Almost all the applicants were multilingual and searching for their first post-university jobs.

It has what may be the largest concentration of multilingual people in the country.

They were multilingual, fluent in Arabic, Urdu, Baluch, and English, and moved easily through a globalizing world.

Moskvin was described as multilingual (he spoke 13 languages) and a historian, a professional traveler, journalist, and magician.

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