polyglot

Meanings

Adjective

• Of a person: speaking, or versed in, many languages; multilingual.
• Containing, or made up of, several languages; specifically, of a book (especially a bible): having text translated into several languages.
• Comprising various (native) linguistic groups; multilingual.

Noun

• A publication in several languages; specifically, a book (especially a bible) containing several versions of the same subject matter or text in several languages.
• One who has mastered (especially when able to speak) several languages.
• A mixture of languages or nomenclatures.
• A bird able to imitate the sounds of other birds.

Origin

• . The English word is analysable as poly- + -glot.
• Noun sense 1 (“publication in several languages”) is probably derived from Late Latin polyglottus, from Koine Greek πολύγλωττος: see above.