multilingualism

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• Canada, General-American: /mʌltiˈlɪŋɡwəlɪzəm/
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mel-der. Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tós? Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multus Latin multīder. Middle English multi- English multi- Latin linguālislbor. English lingual English multilingual Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English multilingualism From multilingual + -ism.

46 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: متعدد اللغات — ability to speak several languages
• Armenian: բազմալեզվություն (bazmalezvutʻyun) — ability to speak several languages
• Azerbaijani: çoxdillilik — ability to speak several languages
• Basque: eleaniztasuna — ability to speak several languages
• Breton: liesyezhegezh — ability to speak several languages
• Catalan: plurilingüisme — ability to speak several languages
• Catalan: multilingüisme — ability to speak several languages
• Czech: vícejazyčnost — ability to speak several languages
• Dutch: meertaligheid — ability to speak several languages
• Esperanto: plurlingvismo — ability to speak several languages
• Finnish: monikielisyys — ability to speak several languages
• French: multilinguisme — ability to speak several languages
• French: plurilinguisme — ability to speak several languages
• Galician: plurilingüismo — ability to speak several languages
• Galician: multilingüismo — ability to speak several languages
• German: Mehrsprachigkeit — ability to speak several languages
• German: Vielsprachigkeit — ability to speak several languages
• German: Multilingualismus — ability to speak several languages
• German: Multilinguismus — ability to speak several languages
• German: Multilingualität — ability to speak several languages
• Hebrew: רב־לשוניות (rav-leshoniyút) — ability to speak several languages
• Hindi: बहुभाषिकता (bahubhāṣiktā) — ability to speak several languages
• Hindi: बहुभाषिता (bahubhāṣitā) — ability to speak several languages
• Hungarian: többnyelvűség — ability to speak several languages
• Italian: plurilinguismo — ability to speak several languages
• Italian: multilinguismo — ability to speak several languages
• Kazakh: көптілділік (köptıldılık) — ability to speak several languages
• Latin: multilingualismus — ability to speak several languages
• Lithuanian: daugiakalbystė — ability to speak several languages
• Macedonian: повеќеја́зичност (poveḱejázičnost) — ability to speak several languages
• Norman: multilîndgisme — ability to speak several languages
• Norwegian Bokmål: flerspråklighet — ability to speak several languages
• Norwegian Nynorsk: fleirspråklegheit — ability to speak several languages
• Occitan: multilingüisme — ability to speak several languages
• Polish: wielojęzyczność — ability to speak several languages
• Portuguese: plurilinguismo — ability to speak several languages
• Portuguese: multilinguismo — ability to speak several languages
• Romanian: multilingvism — ability to speak several languages
• Russian: многоязы́чие (mnogojazýčije) — ability to speak several languages
• Russian: многоязы́чность (mnogojazýčnostʹ) — ability to speak several languages
• Russian: мультилингви́зм (mulʹtilingvízm) — ability to speak several languages
• Spanish: plurilingüismo — ability to speak several languages
• Spanish: multilingüismo — ability to speak several languages
• Swedish: flerspråkighet — ability to speak several languages
• Turkish: çokdillilik — ability to speak several languages
• Ukrainian: багатомо́вність (bahatomóvnistʹ) — ability to speak several languages