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Meaning of "polyglotism" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF POLYGLOTISM

polyglotism  [ˈpɒlɪˌɡlɒtɪzəm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF POLYGLOTISM

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Polyglotism is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES POLYGLOTISM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Polyglotism

Polyglotism or polyglottism is the ability to master numerous languages. Multilingualism is a word with a similar meaning. Richard Hudson, professor emeritus of linguistics at University College London, coined the term "hyperpolyglot" for a person who can speak twelve or more languages fluently. There are many theories to explain the existence of polyglotism in some individuals, including differences in intellect and brain structure. It is difficult to judge which individuals are polyglots, as there is no uncontroversial definition of what it means to "master" a language. Nonetheless, many people have been described as polyglots.

Definition of polyglotism in the English dictionary

The definition of polyglotism in the dictionary is the ability to speak several different languages. Other definition of polyglotism is the usage of several different languages.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH POLYGLOTISM


anti-Semitism
ˌæntɪˈsemɪtɪzəm
astigmatism
əˈstɪɡməˌtɪzəm
autism
ˈɔːtɪzəm
automatism
ɔːˈtɒməˌtɪzəm
baptism
ˈbæpˌtɪzəm
conservatism
kənˈsɜːvəˌtɪzəm
electromagnetism
ɪˌlɛktrəʊˈmæɡnɪˌtɪzəm
erotism
ˈɛrəˌtɪzəm
hirsutism
ˈhɜːsjuːˌtɪzəm
Huguenotism
ˈhjuːɡəˌnɒtɪzəm
magnetism
ˈmæɡnɪˌtɪzəm
mutism
ˈmjuːtɪzəm
patriotism
ˈpætrɪəˌtɪzəm
polycrotism
ˌpɒlɪˈkrɒtɪzəm
polyglottism
ˈpɒlɪˌɡlɒtɪzəm
pragmatism
ˈpræɡməˌtɪzəm
rheumatism
ˈruːməˌtɪzəm
robotism
ˈrəʊbɒtɪzəm
statism
ˈsteɪtɪzəm
syncretism
ˈsɪŋkrɪˌtɪzəm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE POLYGLOTISM

polygene
polygenesis
polygenetic
polygenetically
polygenic
polygenism
polygenist
polygenous
polygeny
polyglot
polyglottal
polyglottic
polyglottism
polyglottous
Polygnotus
polygon
polygonaceous
polygonal
polygonally
polygonatum

WORDS THAT END LIKE POLYGLOTISM

acrotism
animal magnetism
antinepotism
autoerotism
despotism
egotism
ergotism
exotism
helotism
homoerotism
hypnotism
idiotism
narcotism
nepotism
peyotism
photism
quixotism
Scotism
superpatriotism
sybotism
tricrotism

Synonyms and antonyms of polyglotism in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «polyglotism» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF POLYGLOTISM

Find out the translation of polyglotism to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of polyglotism from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «polyglotism» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

polyglotism
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

poliglotismo
570 millions of speakers

English

polyglotism
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

polyglotism
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

polyglotism
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

polyglotism
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

poliglotismo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

polyglotism
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

le multilinguisme
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Polyglotism
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

polyglotism
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

polyglotism
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

polyglotism
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Polyglotism
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

polyglotism
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

polyglotism
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Polyglotism
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

polyglotism
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

poliglossia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

polyglotism
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

polyglotism
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

polyglotism
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πολυγλωσσία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

polyglotism
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

polyglotism
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

polyglotism
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of polyglotism

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «POLYGLOTISM»

The term «polyglotism» is barely ever used and occupies the 194.657 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «POLYGLOTISM» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «polyglotism» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «polyglotism» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about polyglotism

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «POLYGLOTISM»

Discover the use of polyglotism in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to polyglotism and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Collected Works of L. S. Vygotsky: The History of the ...
The author states that polyglotism unavoidably impedes thinking. Due to competition of associative tendencies, an exceptionally complex interaction arises between them and a mutual negative effect of one speech system on the other ...
Lev Semenovich Vygotskiĭ, Robert W. Rieber, 1997
2
Athanor (2001)
Translation and polyglotism would be mutually opposed strategies. Polyglotism would be the most radical alternative to interlingual borders, and perhaps to intercultural borders as well. This is indeed the thought implied in Dominique Colas's ...
Susan Petrilli, 2001
3
Sarmiento
This linguistic contamination (essentially gallicisms) is not regarded as a perversion of polyglotism, but rather as a necessary stylistic manifestation, even an aesthetically beautiful one. If polyglotism signals an assimilation of European  ...
4
A Political History of Spanish: The Making of a Language
Even though polyglotism was a reality in both Europe and the colonies, the meaning of that polyglotism within the process of Christianization was different in the New World than it was in the Old. In the New World, the different languages were ...
José Del Valle, 2013
5
Art and Anger: Essays on Politics and the Imagination
When talking about language, meaning, and communication, what Paz leaves out, and what Harris does not attempt to address, is a third aspect, as important as a universal language and translation, polyglotism. In a sense, polyglotism, the  ...
Ilan Stavans, 1996
6
Ezra Pound: A Jargoner's Apprenticeship, with an Appendix on ...
In his study Ezra Pound's Medievalism, Georg Gugelberger observes, " polyglotism indeed is a particular medieval phenomenon due to the linguistic peculiarity of the Middle Ages. Pound knew the history of polyglot literature well enough and ...
Robert Stark, 2007
7
Feminist International Relations: An Unfinished Journey
11) Does the polyglot sees polyglotism everywhere and "disavow the specificity of existence" in her eagerness to get around the world?7 The point is not to world everyone to polyglotism because one has had the opportunity to travel to ...
Christine Sylvester, 2002
8
The Excitement of Verbal Adventure: A Study of Vladimir ...
J?rgen Bodenstein. II. 111. IVAbbreviations Nabokov's English Prose - A Chronology Introduction A Linguistic Biography Words, Words, Words 1. CreatiVe Language 2. Verbal Transfusion Polyglotism 1. Polyglotism and Exile 2. Polyglotism ...
J?rgen Bodenstein
9
First Language Attrition
Both analyses were significant for the presence/ absence of polyglotism. An increased incidence of polyglotism was to have been expected for the - Ribot group as it contains - R - P, which by definition implies polyglotism. It is unclear at this ...
Herbert W. Seliger, Robert M. Vago, 1991
10
Goatskin Bags and Wisdom: New Critical Perspectives on ...
thentic ring of his work, which inspires the African audience to identify with it. He has even gone further to introduce "polyglotism. The use of many traditional languages in the play" (Rotimi 7997a:28), which occurs remarkably in Hopes and If..
Ernest Emenyo̲nu, 2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «POLYGLOTISM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term polyglotism is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Arnold and Birss reversed, Swiss polyglots and Kozinski's lecture …
Nevertheless, I'm sure international IP owners will welcome the judges' polyglotism, which may well provide some lessons for the future ... «Managing Intellectual Property, Jun 15»
2
Tooth doc trots the globe
She speaks several languages, including Hindi, Punjabi and Swahili, although even that polyglotism isn't enough to help her in some of the ... «The Sudbury Star, Jun 15»
3
How NOT to Learn a Language Abroad, From an Expat
Like shaping a six-pack or making your first million, the genre of polyglotism boasts plenty of success stories from those we assume to be ... «Yahoo Travel, Mar 15»
4
Why you probably won't understand the web of the future
So why the sudden drive for polyglotism? It's simple: As mobile operators and web giants try to expand their markets by bringing more people ... «Quartz, Nov 14»
5
Editorial: Reform language course policies
These ambitious students, however, face significant disincentives to their budding polyglotism: students cannot take most beginner's language ... «The Daily Princetonian, Oct 14»
6
Pierre Kwenders sing-raps in 4 languages
His polyglotism also extends to musical languages. He's never been to New Orleans, but when producer Nom de Plume, better known as ... «Montreal Gazette, Oct 14»
7
Emerging Languages: A Look at The Last Five Years
You wrote that it is now almost common sense to assume a certain degree of polyglotism in professional developers. Why is this important? «InfoQ.com, Oct 14»
8
Four Questions About Contemporary Arab Art
... nationalism and media infiltration have erased the historical polyglotism. Few “Arab world” countries retain their linguistic diversity (Lebanon, ... «Hyperallergic, Sep 14»
9
The international face of the Karlovy Vary film festival
Her polyglotism started at an early age, and she credits her first English teacher as a major inspiration for her subsequent fondness of the ... «Prague Post, Jul 14»
10
An Uncommon Reader
What distinguished philologists and comparativists was their polyglotism. They knew multiple languages, and an article of belief among them ... «The Weekly Standard, Jun 14»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Polyglotism [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/polyglotism>. Apr 2024 ».
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