What is a Quadrilingual mean?

Definition of quadrilingual 1 : using or made up of four languages a quadrilingual inscription. 2 : speaking or having knowledge of four languages a quadrilingual interpreter.

Is Polylingual a word?

pertaining to, expressed in, or using several languages; multilingual.

What do you call a person who can speak 7 languages?

A polyglot is a person with a command of many languages. A polyglot may also be calledmultilingual, although that term is used for communities as well as individuals. …

What is Quadrisect?

Definition of quadrisect : to divide into four equal parts.

What is multilingualism and plurilingualism?

Plurilingualism is the ability of a person who has competence in more than one language to switch between multiple languages depending on the situation for ease of communication. Multilingualism is connected to situations wherein multiple languages exist side-by-side in a society but are utilized separately.

Who speaks most languages in the world?

Ziad Fazah, born in Liberia, brought up in Beirut and now living in Brazil, claims to be the world’s greatest living polyglot, speaking a total of 59 world languages. He has been ‘tested’ on Spanish television, where it was not clear just how well he could communicate in some of them.

What do you call someone who speaks multiple languages?

(*Note: technically a polyglot is usually used to describe someone who speaks more than 6 languages whereas a hyper-polyglot is used to describe someone who speaks over 12.) Like many of our words, the term, polyglot is Greek in origin, coming from the Greek word, polyglōttos, which roughly translates to “many tongued”.

What do you call a person who knows everything?

A person who knows everything A person who knows everything : Omniscient

What is a bilingual person?

A bilingual is a person who acquired two languages, usually as a first language (mother tongue) and a second language, acquired either simultaneously or later in life. Even in the case of simultaneous bilinguals one language usually dominates over the other. This category of people is actually the most prevalent in the world (43\%).

Is there a term for people who are fluent in 2-3 languages?

There is no term I’m aware of that would refer to a group of speakers that are fluent in “only 2 or3” and this distinction may be too arbitrary to warrant a specific term (at least in common use). It would be like asking for a word for someone fluent in “only six or seven” languages.