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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

diglot

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
diglot
IPA
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A bilingual inscription, book, or person.

adj

Synonym of bilingual.

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δίγλωττις (díglōttis, “two-tongued”), from δίς (dís, “twice”) and γλωττίς (glōttís), from γλῶττα (glôtta), secondary form of γλῶσσα (glôssa, “tongue, language”). di- + -glot.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

diglots (plural)

Derived Forms

diglottism

Frequently Paired Words

monolingual trilingual multilingual polylingual

Synonyms

bilingual

Questions

What does diglot mean?
A bilingual inscription, book, or person.
Where does diglot come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

How to pronounce diglot

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