trilingual

adj, noun — 4 senses

trilingual

adj

CA, US, UK, SC /tɹaɪ̯ˈlɪŋ.ɡwəl/ · CA /tɹʌɪ̯ˈlɪŋ.ɡwəl/

Etymology From tri- + lingual.

1

Able to read or speak three languages.

2

Expressed or written in three languages.

Derived terms: trilingualism, trilingualist, trilingually

trilingual

noun

Etymology From tri- + lingual.

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.

Related terms: bilingual, monolingual, multilingual, polyglot, quadrilingual

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