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trilingual en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • trī-lĭng′gwəl
  • /tɹɑe̯ˈlɪŋ.ɡwəl/ (Australia)
  • /tɹʌi̯ˈlɪŋ.ɡwəl/ (Scotland)
  • /tɹəi̯ˈlɪŋ.ɡwəl/ (Scotland)
  • /tɹaɪ̯ˈlɪŋ.ɡwəl/ (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation, Scotland)
  • /tɹʌɪ̯ˈlɪŋ.ɡwəl/ (Canada)
  • /tɹaɪ̯ˈləŋ.ɡwəl/ (New-Zealand)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tréyes Proto-Indo-European *tri- Proto-Italic *tri- Latin tri-der. English tri- 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 trilingual From tri- + lingual.

Meanings

  1. Able to read or speak three languages.
  2. Expressed or written in three languages.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
more trilingual Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most trilingual Degree=Sup lexicographic

Deriveds

trilingualism · trilingualist · trilingually

Hypernyms

multilingual · multilingual

Translations (50)

sk trojjazyčný (expressed or written in three languages) · ca trilingüe (able to read or speak three languages) · hu háromnyelvű (expressed or written in three languages) · pt trilingue (able to read or speak three languages) · ia trilingue (expressed or written in three languages) · gl trilingüe (able to read or speak three languages) · de dreisprachig (able to read or speak three languages) · pt trilingue (expressed or written in three languages) · pl trójjęzyczny (able to read or speak three languages) · cs trojjazyčný (able to read or speak three languages) · fo trímæltur (able to read or speak three languages) · ru трёхъязы́чный (able to read or speak three languages) · da tresproget (expressed or written in three languages) · de dreisprachig (expressed or written in three languages) · az üçdilli (able to read or speak three languages) · sk trojjazyčný (able to read or speak three languages) · pl trójjęzyczny (expressed or written in three languages) · uk трьохмо́вний (expressed or written in three languages) · fr trilingue (able to read or speak three languages) · sv trespråkig (expressed or written in three languages) · gl trilingüe (expressed or written in three languages) · es trilingüe (able to read or speak three languages) · fo trímæltur (expressed or written in three languages) · cs trojjazyčný (expressed or written in three languages) · mk трија́зичен (able to read or speak three languages) · ru трёхязычный (able to read or speak three languages) · es trilingüe (expressed or written in three languages) · bg триезичен (expressed or written in three languages) · fi kolmikielinen (expressed or written in three languages) · pl trzyjęzyczny (expressed or written in three languages) · pl trzyjęzyczny (able to read or speak three languages) · yi דרײַשפּראַכיק (expressed or written in three languages) · de trilingual (able to read or speak three languages) · pt trilingue (expressed or written in three languages) · nl drietalig (able to read or speak three languages) · ca trilingüe (expressed or written in three languages) · az üçdilli (expressed or written in three languages) · ia trilingue (able to read or speak three languages) · is þrítyngdur (able to read or speak three languages) · mk трија́зичен (expressed or written in three languages) · fr trilingue (expressed or written in three languages) · fi kolmikielinen (able to read or speak three languages) · de trilingual (expressed or written in three languages) · ru трёхъязы́чный (expressed or written in three languages) · uk трьохмо́вний (able to read or speak three languages) · is þrítyngdur (expressed or written in three languages) · nl drietalig (expressed or written in three languages) · da tresproget (able to read or speak three languages) · yi דרײַשפּראַכיק (able to read or speak three languages) · sv trespråkig (able to read or speak three languages)

trilingual en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • trī-lĭng′gwəl
  • /tɹɑe̯ˈlɪŋ.ɡwəl/ (Australia)
  • /tɹʌi̯ˈlɪŋ.ɡwəl/ (Scotland)
  • /tɹəi̯ˈlɪŋ.ɡwəl/ (Scotland)
  • /tɹaɪ̯ˈlɪŋ.ɡwəl/ (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation, Scotland)
  • /tɹʌɪ̯ˈlɪŋ.ɡwəl/ (Canada)
  • /tɹaɪ̯ˈləŋ.ɡwəl/ (New-Zealand)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tréyes Proto-Indo-European *tri- Proto-Italic *tri- Latin tri-der. English tri- 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 trilingual From tri- + lingual.

Meanings

  1. A person who speaks three languages.
    • There were no doubt Turanians or Mongols in Media whose language we know from the great trilinguals of Darius, but the early kings of the Medes had Aryan names, as had many other chiefs whom the Assyrians encountered. 1891, Claude Reignier Conder, The Lycian Language, page 616:
  2. An inscription that includes the same text in three languages.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
trilinguals Number=Plur lexicographic

Hypernyms

multilingual

Relateds

quadrilingual · multilingual · monolingual · bilingual · polyglot

Translations (5)

pl trójjęzyczna osoba (person who speaks three languages) · eo trilingvuloj (person who speaks three languages) · nl drietalige (person who speaks three languages) · eo trilingvulo (person who speaks three languages) · fi kolmikielinen (person who speaks three languages)