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quinquelingual

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
quin-quelin-gual
IPA
33
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Written in five languages.

adj

Able to speak five languages.

noun

A person who understands five languages.

Etymology

Late 19th century, quinque- + lingual.

Inflected Forms

quinquelinguals (plural)

Derived Forms

quinquelingualism

Frequently Paired Words

multilingual

Synonyms

pentalingual

Rhymes With

translingual exolingual brevilingual colingual plurilingual posterolingual audiolingual metrolingual pentalingual tetralingual ventrolingual crosslingual

Questions

What does quinquelingual mean?
Written in five languages.
Where does quinquelingual come from?
Late 19th century, quinque- + lingual.

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