polyglot
بہزبانی
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
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.
After 1947, a vibrant, 'polyglot' city became monocultural.
It is also the story of 'polyglot' India, where most of the population speaks, and habitually switches among, several languages.
Finally, regional media is thriving on TV, satellite language channels are catering to 'polyglot' populations in various parts of the country.
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.
The advantages of printing in a university were exemplified in the 'polyglot' Bible produced in 1502-22 at Alcalá de Henares.
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.
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.
He won in 'polyglot' neighborhoods like Flushing and the Lower East Side by three-to-one and three-to-two, respectively.
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.
Not to worry, though, this 61-year-old 'polyglot' can talk to all species with the dexterity of a Doolittle.
Marco Silvestri clearly think he's the only 'polyglot' on the planet.
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.
Many of the poems attend to the ‘errors’ inevitable in a 'polyglot' society, particularly at the interactions between Yiddish and English.
But a major faux pas has made the new Barbie unexpectedly controversial in 'polyglot' America: there is no Asian-American version.
Recent history suggests that the best option for people of my 'polyglot' persuasion is a Republican Congress and a moderate Democrat in the White House.
But this fellow has embraced that 'polyglot' population with a wonderful warmth that I would never have imagined…
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.
He was a 'polyglot' and absorbed everything around him and didn't limit himself, and that makes him exceptional in a world that too often prizes limitation.
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.
He is the son of a Russian father and a Swedish mother, and a natural 'polyglot' .
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.
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.
Agassiz, a typical Swiss 'polyglot' , annotated books in the language of their composition.
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.
Nik, as luck would have it, is something of a 'polyglot' .
Recently, a publication has been brought out on the less-known Suddhananda Bharati, who, like Subramanya Bharati, was a 'polyglot' .
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.
"I enjoy Mandarin, " said the 'polyglot' Madigan, who speaks fluent French and German, fair Italian as well as some Putonghua.
The 'polyglot' Pope, at intervals, addressed the crowd in Romanian, Serbian, Croatian, Czech, and Polish.
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