Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

trilingualist

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
trilin-gual-ist
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A trilingual person.

Etymology

Etymology tree English trilingual Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English trilingualist From trilingual + -ist.

Inflected Forms

Questions

What does trilingualist mean?
A trilingual person.
Where does trilingualist come from?
Etymology tree English trilingual Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English trilingualist From trilingual + -ist.

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