"quadrilingual" meaning in All languages combined

See quadrilingual on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Rhymes: -ɪŋɡwəl Etymology: quadri- + lingual Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|quadri|lingual}} quadri- + lingual Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} quadrilingual (not comparable)
  1. Involving four languages. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-quadrilingual-en-adj-rt592pOk
  2. Of a text, written in four languages. Tags: not-comparable Translations (written in four languages): firsproget (Danish), viertalig (Dutch), nelikielinen (Finnish), viersprachig (German), τετράγλωσσος (tetráglossos) (Greek), czterojęzyczny (Polish), четырехъязы́чный (četyrexʺjazýčnyj) (Russian), cuatrilingüe (Spanish), tetralingüe (Spanish), fyrspråkig (Swedish), чотирьохмо́вний (čotyrʹoxmóvnyj) (Ukrainian), чотиримо́вний (čotyrymóvnyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-quadrilingual-en-adj-zwcUmuUk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with quadri- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 40 9 24 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 23 46 8 22 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with quadri-: 27 35 14 24 Disambiguation of 'written in four languages': 27 61 13
  3. Of a person, able to speak four languages. Tags: not-comparable Translations (able to speak four languages): firsproget (Danish), nelikielinen (Finnish), quadrilingue (French), czterojęzyczny (Polish), четырехъязы́чный (četyrexʺjazýčnyj) (Russian), cuatrilingüe (Spanish), tetralingüe (Spanish), fyrspråkig (Swedish), чотирьохмо́вний (čotyrʹoxmóvnyj) (Ukrainian), чотиримо́вний (čotyrymóvnyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-quadrilingual-en-adj-rw1FY-s3 Disambiguation of 'able to speak four languages': 29 19 52
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: tetralingual

Noun [English]

Forms: quadrilinguals [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪŋɡwəl Etymology: quadri- + lingual Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|quadri|lingual}} quadri- + lingual Head templates: {{en-noun}} quadrilingual (plural quadrilinguals)
  1. A person who understands four languages. Categories (topical): People Related terms: monolingual, bilingual, trilingual, quinquelingual, multilingual
    Sense id: en-quadrilingual-en-noun-7K9OTtjJ Disambiguation of People: 1 1 0 98

Inflected forms

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      "word": "nelikielinen"
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      "word": "quadrilingue"
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