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plurilingual
plurilingual adj. and n. 
/ˌplɔːrᵻˈlɪŋɡw(ə)l/,
Brit. /ˌplʊərᵻˈlɪŋɡw(ə)l/
, /ˌplʊərᵻˈlɪŋɡw(ə)l//ˌplɔːrᵻˈlɪŋɡw(ə)l/U.S. /ˌplʊrəˈlɪŋɡw(ə)l/
(a) adj. relating to, involving, or fluent in a number of languages; multilingual; (b) n. a person who speaks a number of languages./ˌplʊrəˈlɪŋɡw(ə)l/ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > a language > using or speaking languages > [adjective] > multilingual
polyglot1650
many-languaged1655
pantoglossical1716
polyglottic1801
polyglottal1837
multilingual1838
polylingual1857
polyglottous1861
polyglotted1868
omnilingual1893
tongue-speaking1902
plurilingual1930
the mind > language > a language > using or speaking languages > [noun] > trilingualism or multilingualism > one who speaks many languages
polyglot1650
polyglottist1663
polylinguist1749
pantoglot1895
polyglotter1912
multilinguist1923
plurilingual1930
multilingual1956
1930 N.Y. Times 19 Oct. e7/2 Under the Association for Plurilingual Education, children almost from the cradle to college attend six hours of classes and games daily in four languages.
1936 W. E. Rappard Govt. Switzerland i. 8 Pluri-lingual Grisons and French speaking Valais, Neuchâtel and Geneva..were admitted as full cantons into the Confederation.
1956 Publ. Amer. Dial. Soc. xxvi. 9 Strictly speaking, a bilingual..is one who knows two languages, but will here (as commonly) be used to include also the one who knows more than two, variously known, as a plurilingual, a multilingual, or a polyglot.
1994 Lang. in Society 33 273 J. R. Reimen's analysis of the plurilingual situation in Luxembourg.
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