TRILINGUAL

trilingual

(adjective) using or knowing three languages; “trilingual speakers”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

trilingual (comparative more trilingual, superlative most trilingual)

Able to read or speak three languages.

Hypernym: multilingual

Expressed or written in three languages.

Hypernym: multilingual

Noun

trilingual (plural trilinguals)

A person who speaks three languages.

Source: Wiktionary


Tri*lin"gual, a. Etym: [L. trilinguis; tri- (see Tri-) + lingua tongue, language. See Lingual.]

Definition: Containing, or consisting of, three languages; expressed in three languages. The much-noted Rosetta stone . . . bears upon its surface a trilingual inscription. I. Taylor.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

9 June 2025

HERMAPHRODITE

(noun) one having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made


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