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polyglott

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English

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Adjective

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polyglott (comparative more polyglott, superlative most polyglott)

  1. Obsolete spelling of polyglot.

Noun

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polyglott (plural polyglotts)

  1. Obsolete spelling of polyglot.

German

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Etymology

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18th century, learned borrowing from Ancient Greek πολύγλωσσος (polúglōssos).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /poliˈɡlɔt/
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Adjective

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polyglott (strong nominative masculine singular polyglotter, not comparable)

  1. (of a person) polyglot (able to speak multiple languages)
    Synonym: mehrsprachig
  2. (of a written work) polyglot (containing or made up of multiple languages)
    Synonym: mehrsprachig

Declension

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Further reading

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  • polyglott” in Duden online
  • polyglott” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Swedish

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Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sv

Adjective

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polyglott (not comparable)

  1. polyglot (versed in, or speaking, many languages)
    Synonym: flerspråkig

Declension

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Inflection of polyglott
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular polyglott
neuter singular polyglottt
plural polyglotta
masculine plural2 polyglotte
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 polyglotte
all polyglotta

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Noun

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polyglott c

  1. a polyglot
    Synonym: flerspråkig

Declension

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