polyglot
ਪੌਲੀਗਲੋਟ
definition
noun
This is not the first time that a representative of The Netherlands - that distinguished nation of cycling polyglots - has cast aspersions on our linguistic abilities.
a person who knows and is able to use several languages.
adjective
a polyglot career woman
knowing or using several languages.
example
In Bombay, which he calls a 'polyglot' city, the Goan world is eclectic, informed by an urban Christianity that mingles with a mainstream culture while trying to preserve its identity.
As a 'polyglot' (besides his native Swedish, he was fluent in Finnish, English, and German and knew some French) and cultured person, LvH was Finnish ornithology's best ambassador.
A Brazilian-born 'polyglot' who can be both charismatic and ruthless, Ghosn did not make his mark in the industry by leaving things as he found them.
Later that night, when she came home, she rummaged through her books in an effort to find an essay written by a 'polyglot' (like herself) that explains the kind of rootlessness that is hers.
The patrons of the Academie are a roll call of the great and good, including Michel David-Weill, of Lazards Bank, and Sir Peter Ustinov, the 'polyglot' actor and raconteur.
Recently, a publication has been brought out on the less-known Suddhananda Bharati, who, like Subramanya Bharati, was a 'polyglot' .
Malaysia must not deviate from upholding the pluralism, tolerance and understanding that are the hallmark of a civil, democratic, multireligious, multicultural and 'polyglot' society.
Nik, as luck would have it, is something of a 'polyglot' .
The advantages of printing in a university were exemplified in the 'polyglot' Bible produced in 1502-22 at Alcalá de Henares.
Rebecca West filled Black Lamb and Grey Falcon with brilliant speeches and diatribes by a 'polyglot' cast of characters, and Furst has a similar cacophony of speakers analyzing every detail of the political situation.
But also in the capital a 'polyglot' city council met for the first time, its members ranging from tribal leaders in head-dresses to women in smart business suits.
He deeply explored notions of love, Europe, and identity, and was a 'polyglot' who insisted that linguistic proficiency was the key to overcoming misunderstandings and ignorance.
He is the son of a Russian father and a Swedish mother, and a natural 'polyglot' .
The 'polyglot' entries were random, frustrating, and beautiful, a carnival of ideas, pleas, boasts, and obsolete phone numbers.
He won in 'polyglot' neighborhoods like Flushing and the Lower East Side by three-to-one and three-to-two, respectively.
The six years since her debut La Llorona have taken Montreal's celebrated, 'polyglot' chanteuse Lhasa de Sela far and wide, including a hit-and-run circus tour through France with her family.
Agassiz, a typical Swiss 'polyglot' , annotated books in the language of their composition.
The 'polyglot' Pope, at intervals, addressed the crowd in Romanian, Serbian, Croatian, Czech, and Polish.
Finally, regional media is thriving on TV, satellite language channels are catering to 'polyglot' populations in various parts of the country.
After 1947, a vibrant, 'polyglot' city became monocultural.
A 'polyglot' Englishman in Vienna and Berlin, a Jewish immigrant in Britain and a maverick among Communists, Hobsbawm is today almost as much at home in France, Italy and Latin America as he is in Hyde Park.
But a major faux pas has made the new Barbie unexpectedly controversial in 'polyglot' America: there is no Asian-American version.
Marco Silvestri clearly think he's the only 'polyglot' on the planet.
"I enjoy Mandarin, " said the 'polyglot' Madigan, who speaks fluent French and German, fair Italian as well as some Putonghua.
Diplomatic Warsaw is abuzz with rumours that Mr Kwasniewski, a smooth, tennis-playing 'polyglot' who is seen as one of the champions of New Europe, won US backing on a visit to the White House earlier this month.
Not to worry, though, this 61-year-old 'polyglot' can talk to all species with the dexterity of a Doolittle.
This is Los Angeles in the year 2019, when most of the earth's inhabitants have colonized other planets, and only a 'polyglot' refuse heap of humanity remains.
Many of the poems attend to the ‘errors’ inevitable in a 'polyglot' society, particularly at the interactions between Yiddish and English.
The 'polyglot' orchestra backing her up plays world music from everywhere and nowhere that incorporates Middle Eastern clarinet, European glockenspiel and other mellifluous sounds in addition to Mexican mariachi guitar.
But this fellow has embraced that 'polyglot' population with a wonderful warmth that I would never have imagined…
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