quadrilingual en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóresder. Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwr̥- Proto-Italic *kʷetru- Latin quadri-bor. English quadri- 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 quadrilingual From quadri- + lingual.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Involving four languages.
Part of the rationale for this quadrilingual language policy is the desire to preserve ‘Asian values’, viewed as inherent in Asian languages, in the face of ‘Western values’ associated with globalisation and the use of English.
2019, Li Huang, James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, →DOI, page 3:
- (not-comparable) Of a text, written in four languages.
- (not-comparable) Of a person, able to speak four languages.
Deriveds
quadrilingualism · quadrilingually
Synonyms
Translations (24)
uk чотирьохмо́вний (able to speak four languages) · fi nelikielinen (able to speak four languages) · pl czterojęzyczny (able to speak four languages) · sv fyrspråkig (able to speak four languages) · es tetralingüe (able to speak four languages) · uk чотирьохмо́вний (written in four languages) · sv fyrspråkig (written in four languages) · ru четырехъязы́чный (written in four languages) · da firsproget (written in four languages) · uk чотиримо́вний (written in four languages) · es cuatrilingüe (written in four languages) · es cuatrilingüe (able to speak four languages) · es tetralingüe (written in four languages) · nl viertalig (written in four languages) · fi nelikielinen (written in four languages) · ru четырехъязы́чный (able to speak four languages) · de viersprachig (able to speak four languages) · el τετράγλωσσος (written in four languages) · fr tétralingue (able to speak four languages) · fr quadrilingue (able to speak four languages) · pl czterojęzyczny (written in four languages) · de viersprachig (written in four languages) · da firsproget (able to speak four languages) · uk чотиримо́вний (able to speak four languages)