"diglot" meaning in English

See diglot in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek δίγλωττις (díglōttis, “two-tongued”), from δίς (dís, “twice”) and γλωττίς (glōttís), from γλῶττα (glôtta), secondary form of γλῶσσα (glôssa, “tongue, language”). di- + -glot. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|grc|δίγλωττις||two-tongued}} Ancient Greek δίγλωττις (díglōttis, “two-tongued”), {{confix|en|di|glot}} di- + -glot Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} diglot (not comparable)
  1. Synonym of bilingual. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: bilingual [synonym, synonym-of] Derived forms: diglottism Related terms: monolingual, trilingual, multilingual, polylingual
    Sense id: en-diglot-en-adj-pgr7QJzo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with di-, English terms suffixed with -glot Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 74 26 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with di-: 71 29 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -glot: 90 10 Coordinate_terms: 1, monoglot, 3, triglot, 4, tetraglot, 5, pentaglot, many (english: but not all), polyglot, all, omniglot

Noun

Forms: diglots [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek δίγλωττις (díglōttis, “two-tongued”), from δίς (dís, “twice”) and γλωττίς (glōttís), from γλῶττα (glôtta), secondary form of γλῶσσα (glôssa, “tongue, language”). di- + -glot. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|grc|δίγλωττις||two-tongued}} Ancient Greek δίγλωττις (díglōttis, “two-tongued”), {{confix|en|di|glot}} di- + -glot Head templates: {{en-noun}} diglot (plural diglots)
  1. A bilingual inscription, book, or person.
    Sense id: en-diglot-en-noun-x3oxP9Ma

Inflected forms

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