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trilingual

  • /tɹaɪ̯ˈlɪŋ.ɡwəl/ Canada, US, UK
  • /tɹʌɪ̯ˈlɪŋ.ɡwəl/ Canada
  • /tɹʌi̯ˈlɪŋ.ɡwəl/ Scotland
  • /tɹəi̯ˈlɪŋ.ɡwəl/ Scotland
  • /tɹɑe̯ˈlɪŋ.ɡwəl/ Australia
  • /tɹaɪ̯ˈləŋ.ɡwəl/ New Zealand

Rhymes with -ɪŋɡwəl, -ɪŋɡjuəl

adjective more trilingual · most trilingual

  1. Able to read or speak three languages.
  2. Expressed or written in three languages.

noun trilinguals

  1. A person who speaks three languages. There were no doubt Turanians or Mongols in Media whose language we know from the great trilinguals of Darius, but the early kings of the Medes had Aryan names, as had many other chiefs whom the Assyrians encountered.
  2. An inscription that includes the same text in three languages.

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adj able to read or speak three languages

Españoltrilingüe
Portuguêstrilingue
Françaistrilingue
Deutschdreisprachig, trilingual
Русскийтрёхязычный trjóxjazyčnyj, трёхъязы́чный trjoxʺjazýčnyj

adj expressed or written in three languages

Españoltrilingüe
Portuguêstrilingue
Françaistrilingue
Deutschdreisprachig, trilingual
Русскийтрёхъязы́чный trjoxʺjazýčnyj

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@misc{trilingual_2026,
  title = {trilingual},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/trilingual},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}