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polyglot

[pol-ee-glot] / ˈpɒl iˌglɒt /




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Among their polyglot ranks are search-and-rescue specialists, doctors, canine teams and structural engineers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 5, 2026

Most of this is described in polyglot, suggesting he felt some shame.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 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

The Americas had two empires, those of the Aztecs and Incas, which resembled their Eurasian counterparts in size, population, polyglot makeup, official religions, and origins in the conquest of smaller states.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

In the brains of these polyglots -- people who speak five or more languages -- the same language regions light up when they listen to any of the languages that they speak.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 11, 2024

No previous study has studied so many polyglots.

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

I swore that they should hear me yet, and proudly turned my back On polyglots in swallowtails, and left the beaten track....

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, September 6, 1890 by Various




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