Definition of Multilingual

1. Adjective. Using or knowing more than one language. "A multilingual nation"

Similar to: Bilingual, Polyglot, Trilingual
Antonyms: Monolingual

Definition of Multilingual

1. Adjective. Pertaining to multiple languages. ¹

2. Adjective. (context: of a person) able to communicate fluently in multiple languages ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Multilingual

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Multilingual

multilevel
multileveled
multilevelled
multilevered
multilexemic
multilibrary
multilight
multiline
multilineage
multilineages
multilineal
multilinear
multilinearities
multilinearity
multilinearly
multilingual (current term)
multilingualism
multilingualisms
multilingualization
multilingually
multilinguist
multilinguists
multilink
multilinked
multiliter
multiliteral
multilitre
multiload
multiloaded
multiloader

Literary usage of Multilingual

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Researching Mathematics Education in South Africa: Perspectives, Practices by Renuka Vithal, Jill Adler, Christine Keitel (2005)
"This means that language is an issue not only in multilingual mathematics ... Language, however, takes on a specific significance in the multilingual ..."

2. Papers and Proceedings of the Surgeon General's Conference on Agricultural edited by Melvin L. Myers (1994)
"... Iowa multilingual TRAINING By Malanie Zavala, BS Farm Worker Safety Coordinator University of California-Davis Although the topic is multilingual ..."

3. Reflections on School Integration: Colloquium Proceedingsby Mokubung O. Nkomo, Carolyn McKinney, Linda Chisholm by Mokubung O. Nkomo, Carolyn McKinney, Linda Chisholm (2004)
"Bilingual and multilingual programmes and models cannot succeed where ... There might have to be busing of bilingual and multilingual teachers to the ..."

4. Systems of Knowledge Organization for Digital Libraries: Beyond Traditional by Gail Hodge (2000)
"A variety of sources, including multilingual dictionaries and multilingual ... One of the most extensive multilingual thesaurus efforts is the Generalized ..."

5. Language Assessment and the National Qualifications Framework: Conference by Melissa Vieyra-King, Karen Calteaux (1996)
"Secondly, the assessment instruments offer no sense of the multilingual ... It is reasonably rare to find a multilingual who regularly argues her way ..."

6. The Spirit of Russia: Studies in History, Literature and Philosophy by Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk (1919)
"In multilingual states the idea of nationality took a democratic form in contrast ... Even little Montenegro is multilingual. Italy and Serbia respectively ..."

7. Researching Mathematics Education in South Africa: Perspectives, Practices by Renuka Vithal, Jill Adler, Christine Keitel (2005)
"This means that language is an issue not only in multilingual mathematics ... Language, however, takes on a specific significance in the multilingual ..."

8. Papers and Proceedings of the Surgeon General's Conference on Agricultural edited by Melvin L. Myers (1994)
"... Iowa multilingual TRAINING By Malanie Zavala, BS Farm Worker Safety Coordinator University of California-Davis Although the topic is multilingual ..."

9. Reflections on School Integration: Colloquium Proceedingsby Mokubung O. Nkomo, Carolyn McKinney, Linda Chisholm by Mokubung O. Nkomo, Carolyn McKinney, Linda Chisholm (2004)
"Bilingual and multilingual programmes and models cannot succeed where ... There might have to be busing of bilingual and multilingual teachers to the ..."

10. Systems of Knowledge Organization for Digital Libraries: Beyond Traditional by Gail Hodge (2000)
"A variety of sources, including multilingual dictionaries and multilingual ... One of the most extensive multilingual thesaurus efforts is the Generalized ..."

11. Language Assessment and the National Qualifications Framework: Conference by Melissa Vieyra-King, Karen Calteaux (1996)
"Secondly, the assessment instruments offer no sense of the multilingual ... It is reasonably rare to find a multilingual who regularly argues her way ..."

12. The Spirit of Russia: Studies in History, Literature and Philosophy by Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk (1919)
"In multilingual states the idea of nationality took a democratic form in contrast ... Even little Montenegro is multilingual. Italy and Serbia respectively ..."

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