Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

polylingual

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: polylin-gual
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

of or pertaining to multiple languages; multilingual

adj

able to use multiple languages

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s Proto-Italic *dn̥ɣwā Latin dingua Latin lingua Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin linguālislbor. English lingual English polylingual From poly- + lingual.

Inflected Forms

more polylingual (comparative) most polylingual (superlative)

Derived Forms

polylingualism

Rhymes With

bilingual multilingual lingual monolingual sublingual trilingual unilingual interlingual quadrilingual omnilingual buccolingual panlingual

Questions

What does polylingual mean?: of or pertaining to multiple languages; multilingual
Where does polylingual come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s Proto-Italic *dn̥ɣwā Latin dingua Latin lingua Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin linguālislbor. English lingual English polylingual From poly- + lingual.

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