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polyglot

[pol-ee-glot] / ˈpɒl iˌglɒt /




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But the U.K. branch of the polyglot style sometimes called post-rock included Bristol groups such as Movietone and Crescent, who mixed and matched dub rhythms, folk instrumentation, and electronics.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 9, 2026

Cook, a polyglot who can speak six languages, has also been well served by nominative determinism: She is the founder and CEO of the Cook School Cooking School.

From Barron's Mar. 13, 2026

In other words, a significant number of multiracial Americans will “airbrush” their polyglot lineage and instead focus on their European provenance.

From Salon Jan. 2, 2026

That now extends to about 20 countries, including Ireland and Singapore and extending to polyglot Holland and Germany.

From BBC Mar. 16, 2025

It is a strange new kind of army, a polyglot mass of vastly dissimilar men, fighting for union.

From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara

Studying polyglots can help researchers learn more about the functions of the language network, and how languages learned later in life might be represented differently than a native language or languages.

From Science Daily Mar. 11, 2024

Many polyglots and hyperpolyglots deny any talent for language learning, Fedorenko says.

From Science Magazine Feb. 3, 2023

Some polyglots have noted problems with the languages already available.

From BBC May 11, 2022

Understanding the importance of languages in a globalized world, many Kenyans speak English, Swahili and a tribal language, and polyglots are common throughout Africa.

From Seattle Times Jan. 21, 2018

The stock language is probably German, for this bohemian gathering is essentially a German institution; but the Germans are polyglots, and you will hardly find yourself lost in their company, whatever your native tongue.

From A History of Science, Volume 5(of 5) Aspects Of Recent Science by Williams, Henry Smith




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