multilingualism

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multilingualism

  • /mʌltiˈlɪŋɡwəlɪzəm/ Canada, US

noun multilingualisms

  1. uncountable, usually The condition of being multilingual; the ability to speak multiple languages. This is, perhaps, where writing centers and composition studies are implicated most obviously into the conversation of language ideology, translingualism, and multilingualism.

    Similar: multilinguality, polylingualism

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noun ability to speak several languages

Españolplurilingüismo, multilingüismo
हिन्दीबहुभाषिकता bahubhāṣiktā, बहुभाषिता bahubhāṣitā
Portuguêsplurilinguismo, multilinguismo
Françaismultilinguisme, plurilinguisme
DeutschMehrsprachigkeit, Vielsprachigkeit, Multilingualismus, Multilinguismus, Multilingualität
Italianoplurilinguismo, multilinguismo
Românămultilingvism
Русскиймногоязы́чие mnogojazýčije, многоязы́чность mnogojazýčnostʹ, мультилингви́зм mulʹtilingvízm
العربيةمتعدد اللغات
עבריתרב־לשוניות rav-leshoniyút

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@misc{multilingualism_2026,
  title = {multilingualism},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/multilingualism},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}