polyglotadjective
uk/ˈpɒl.i.ɡlɒt/us/ˈpɑː.li.ɡlɑːt/formalspeaking or using several different languages:
She was reading a polyglot bible, with the text in English, Latin and Greek.
containing people from many different and distant places:
New York is an exciting polyglot city.
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polyglot
noun [ C ] ukus
My tutor's something of a polyglot - she speaks seven languages.