trilingual
pronunciation
How to pronounce trilingual in British English:
UK [traiˈliŋɡwəl]
How to pronounce trilingual in American English:
US [traɪˈlɪŋɡwəl]
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- Adjective:
- using or knowing three languages
Word Origin
- trilingual (adj.)
- "involving three languages," 1834, from tri- + Latin lingua "language," literally "tongue" (see lingual). Latin trilinguis meant "triple-tongued," and was used of Cerberus.
Example
- 1. What do you call someone who speaks three languages trilingual .
- 2. Trilingual glossary of demographic terminology : english - japanese - german .
- 3. Chinese and english are the official languages and hong kong is a trilingual city which languages are english , cantonese and putonghua .
- 4. What do you call someone who speaks three languages ? Trilingual . What do you call someone who speaks two languages ? Bilingual . What do you call someone who speaks one language ? An american .
- 5. A free tel-law service offers trilingual cantonese , putonghua and english taped information on 73 topics . Eight telephone lines operate 24 hours .