"xenoglossy" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌziːnəˈɡlɒsi/, /ˌzɛnəˈɡlɒsi/ Forms: xenoglossies [plural]
Etymology: From xeno- + -glossia, borrowed from French xénoglossie. Etymology templates: {{af|en|xeno-|-glossia}} xeno- + -glossia, {{bor|en|fr|xénoglossie}} French xénoglossie Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} xenoglossy (countable and uncountable, plural xenoglossies)
  1. Knowledge of a language one has never learned. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Parapsychology Synonyms: xenoglossia Translations (knowledge of a language one has never learned): زينوغلوسيا (Arabic), xenoglòssia [feminine] (Catalan), 特殊语言能力 (Chinese Mandarin), xenoglosie [feminine] (Czech), xenoglossie [feminine] (Dutch), xenolalie [feminine] (Dutch), xénoglossie [feminine] (French), xenoglosia [feminine] (Galician), Xenoglossie [feminine] (German), ξενογλωσσία (xenoglossía) [feminine] (Greek), xenoglosszia (Hungarian), xenoglosia (Indonesian), xenoglossia [feminine] (Italian), 제노글로시 (jenogeullosi) (Korean), ksenoglosija [feminine] (Lithuanian), xenoglossia (Malay), زنوگلاسی (Persian), xenoglossia [feminine] (Portuguese), ксеногло́ссия (ksenoglóssija) [feminine] (Russian), xenoglosia [feminine] (Spanish), ksenoglosi (Turkish), ксеноголосія (ksenoholosija) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-xenoglossy-en-noun-L6wuozqs Disambiguation of Parapsychology: 92 8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with xeno-, English terms suffixed with -glossia Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 87 13 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 96 4 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with xeno-: 87 13 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -glossia: 90 10 Disambiguation of 'knowledge of a language one has never learned': 97 3
  2. Glossolalia. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Fictional abilities
    Sense id: en-xenoglossy-en-noun-vIAwrXdh Disambiguation of Fictional abilities: 41 59
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: xenoglossic, xenoglossically Related terms: xenoglossophobia

Inflected forms

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    }
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "sense": "knowledge of a language one has never learned",
      "word": "زينوغلوسيا"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "knowledge of a language one has never learned",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "xenoglòssia"
    },
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      "sense": "knowledge of a language one has never learned",
      "word": "特殊语言能力"
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      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "knowledge of a language one has never learned",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "xenoglosie"
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "lang": "Dutch",
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      "tags": [
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "knowledge of a language one has never learned",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "xénoglossie"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "knowledge of a language one has never learned",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "xenoglosia"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "knowledge of a language one has never learned",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Xenoglossie"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "xenoglossía",
      "sense": "knowledge of a language one has never learned",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "ξενογλωσσία"
    },
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      "sense": "knowledge of a language one has never learned",
      "word": "xenoglosszia"
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      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "knowledge of a language one has never learned",
      "word": "xenoglosia"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "knowledge of a language one has never learned",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "xenoglossia"
    },
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jenogeullosi",
      "sense": "knowledge of a language one has never learned",
      "word": "제노글로시"
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      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "knowledge of a language one has never learned",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ksenoglosija"
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      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "knowledge of a language one has never learned",
      "word": "xenoglossia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "knowledge of a language one has never learned",
      "word": "زنوگلاسی"
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      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "knowledge of a language one has never learned",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "xenoglossia"
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ksenoglóssija",
      "sense": "knowledge of a language one has never learned",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "knowledge of a language one has never learned",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "xenoglosia"
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      "sense": "knowledge of a language one has never learned",
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      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "ksenoholosija",
      "sense": "knowledge of a language one has never learned",
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