polyglot

Al-Hashimi became a polyglot — speaking English, Farsi and Armenian — in part to curb the effects of a seizure disorder on her temporal lobe, which is crucial for language comprehension.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 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

Their answer was to promote a polyglot society that straddled the line between Western and Muslim sensibilities, while promising wealth, efficiency and stability.

From The Wall Street Journal ● 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

Along the way, someone substituted the Latin ending pi for the Greek podes and came up with the polyglot octopi.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner

For the study, the researchers recruited 34 polyglots, each of whom had at least some degree of proficiency in five or more languages but were not bilingual or multilingual from infancy.

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

For who but a child dare act so freely among these polyglots of ceremony in this little world of frills and frocks and feathers?

From The Book of Khalid by Ameen Fares Rihani