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# multilingual

adjective (multilingual; more multilingual); noun (a multilingual — rare)

«multilingual» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Able to speak or use several languages. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/multilingual/#m1)
2. Written in or using several languages, as in "a multilingual sign" or "a multilingual dictionary". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/multilingual/#m2)

### In the lessons

Used in language lessons and everyday life: many children are multilingual, speaking one language at home and another at school. Airports, museums and hospitals use multilingual signs. Phrases: "multilingual family", "multilingual school".

### Examples

- My cousin is multilingual; she speaks English, Polish and Spanish. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/multilingual/#x1)
- The airport signs are multilingual. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/multilingual/#x2)
- Many children in Ireland are bilingual or multilingual. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/multilingual/#x3)
- Our school library has multilingual books. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/multilingual/#x4)
- Being multilingual can help you get a job abroad. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/multilingual/#x5)
- The museum gave us a multilingual guide. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/multilingual/#x6)
- Switzerland is a multilingual country with four official languages. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/multilingual/#x7)

### Note

"Bilingual" means two languages, "trilingual" three, "multilingual" several or many. "Monolingual" means only one. "Lingual" comes from Latin "lingua" (tongue, language).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «multilingual» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/multilingual/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«multilingual» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/multilingual.html) on Mova free.