Standard Lemma guide

translingual

adj · noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /tɹænzˈlɪŋ.ɡwəl/
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  • rhymes with -ɪŋɡwəl

1

adj

Meaning 1

Existing in multiple languages.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Having the same meaning in many languages.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • No is the translingual symbol for the chemistry element nobelium.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Containing words of multiple languages.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adj

Meaning 4

Operating between different languages.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences, translation-studies

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

adj

Meaning 5

Occurring or being measured across the tongue.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: medicine, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: transglossal

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

A person who can speak, or fluently switch between speaking, several languages.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From trans- (“across”) + lingual (“having to do with languages or tongues”).

Across languages

Translations

19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مُتَعَدِّدُ اللُّغَات (mutaʕaddidu l-luḡāt) — existing in multiple languages
  • Bulgarian: междуезиков (mežduezikov) — existing in multiple languages
  • Chinese: 跨語言的 /跨语言的 — existing in multiple languages
  • Chinese: 跨语言的 (kuà yǔyán de) — existing in multiple languages
  • Esperanto: translingva — existing in multiple languages
  • Georgian: ტრანსლინგვური (ṭranslingvuri) — existing in multiple languages
  • German: sprachenübergreifend — existing in multiple languages
  • Greek: διαγλωσσικός (diaglossikós) — existing in multiple languages
  • Ido: translinguala — existing in multiple languages
  • Kapampangan: marakalang amanu — existing in multiple languages
  • Kapampangan: interlinggwe — existing in multiple languages
  • Kapampangan: translinggwal — existing in multiple languages
  • Russian: межъязыково́й (mežʺjazykovój) — existing in multiple languages
  • Spanish: translingüe — existing in multiple languages
  • Tagalog: maramihang wika — existing in multiple languages
  • Tagalog: interlinggwe — existing in multiple languages
  • Tagalog: translinggwal — existing in multiple languages
  • Turkish: dillerarası — existing in multiple languages
  • Welsh: trawsieithol — existing in multiple languages