multilingual

multilingual
multilingually, adv.multilingualism, n.
/mul'tee ling"gweuhl, mul'tuy-/ or, Can., /-ling"gyooh euhl/, adj.
1. using or able to speak several or many languages with some facility.
2. spoken or written in several or many languages: a multilingual broadcast.
3. dealing with or involving several or many languages: a multilingual dictionary of business terms.
n.
4. a multilingual person.
[1830-40; MULTI- + LINGUAL]

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