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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Polyglot \Pol"y*glot\, a. [Gr. poly`glwttos many-tongued; poly`s many + glw^tta, glw^ssa, tongue, language: cf. F. polyglotte.]
Containing, or made up, of, several languages; as, a polyglot lexicon, Bible.
Versed in, or speaking, many languages.
Polyglot \Pol"y*glot\, n.
One who speaks several languages. [R.] ``A polyglot, or good linguist.''
--Howell.-
A book containing several versions of the same text, or containing the same subject matter in several languages; esp., the Scriptures in several languages.
Enriched by the publication of polyglots.
--Abp. Newcome.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
a. 1 Versed in, or speaking, many languages. 2 Containing, or made up of, several languages. 3 Comprising various linguistic groups n. 1 One who masters, notably speaks, several languages. 2 A publication containing several versions of the same text, or the same subject matter in several languages; especially, the Bible in several languages. 3 A mixture of langages and/or nomenclatures 4 (context programming English) A program written in multiple programming languages.
WordNet
adj. having a command of or composed in many languages; "a polyglot traveler"; "a polyglot Bible contains versions in different languages"
n. a person who speaks more than one language [syn: linguist]
Wikipedia
A polyglot is someone who speaks 5 or more languages.
speaking or using many languages.
[Date: 1600-1700; Language: Greek; origin: polyglottos, from glottos 'tongue, language']
synonym: multilingual
Polyglot may also refer to:
- Polyglot (book), a book that contains the same text in more than one language
- Polyglot (computing), a computer program that is valid in more than one programming language
- Polyglot (language), a language that is a combination of other languages
- Polyglot (webzine), a biweekly game industry webzine published by Polymancer Studios
- Polyglot markup, HTML markup that conforms to both the HTML and XHTML specifications
In computing, a polyglot is a computer program or script written in a valid form of multiple programming languages, which performs the same operations or output independent of the programming language used to compile or interpret it.
Generally polyglots are written in a combination of C (which allows redefinition of tokens with a preprocessor) and a scripting language such as Lisp, Perl or sh.
Polyglot markup is similar, but about markup language context.
Polyglot persistence is similar, but about databases.
A polyglot is a book that contains side-by-side versions of the same text in several different languages. Some editions of the Bible or its parts are polyglots, in which the Hebrew and Greek originals are exhibited along with historical translations. Polyglots are useful for studying the history of the text and its interpretation.
Polyglot was a biweekly online newsletter about the game hobby industry that ceased publication in 2012. It contains official press releases put out by roleplaying game, board game, miniatures, card game, LARP, comic book, and computer game companies. It is published for free as a downloadable PDF. Polyglot is published by Polymancer Studios, Inc., a Canadian publisher that also prints Polymancer magazine.
It was announced on July 19, 2007, that Polyglot would include editorials and product reviews. The webzine's publisher has not previously endorsed the inclusion of original or editorial content.
In the second anniversary issue (the filename for which indicates it was placed on the company's server on March 8, 2007), the publishers of Polyglot stated that there have been over 600,000 "unique downloads" of Polyglot since March 2005. This was stated in the 53rd issue of the webzine (similar press releases have been made in other outlets12) which likely means that the statement was made about the previous 52 issues combined. This equates to roughly 11,538 downloads per issue.
Usage examples of "polyglot".
The computer probably believed Parrah did not speak polyglot, and letting it learn otherwise might well be a serious tactical error.
He wasted no time in making the rounds of the hotels, back street drinking dens and boarding houses used by the polyglot collection of men from Asia and the Pacific who worked the pearling fleets.
In place of the Yang Diamond sat a polyglot, polyfunctional melange of industries, the Hong Kong of the 26th century.
The blood and substance of many races, Negro, Polynesian, Mountain Mongol, Desert Nomad, Polyglot Near East, Indian -- races as yet unconceived and unborn, combinations not yet realized pass through your body.
The blood and substance of many races, Negro, Polynesian, Mountain Mongol, Desert Nomad, Polyglot Near East, Indian, races as yet unconceived and unborn, passes through the body.
A pearl of an agent - totally unmercenary - polyglot - a natural philosopher with innumerable contacts among the learned abroad - a man with a profession that introduced him everywhere - a physician is welcome everywhere - and a Catholic, which is such a recommendation in the greater part of the world.
Cardinal Ximenes in the fifth volume of the Complutensian Polyglot, which did not appear until 1522.
The Complutensian Polyglot, as it was thence named, was published in six volumes, four devoted to the Old Testament, one to the New Testament, and one to a Hebrew lexicon and grammar.
The Hebrew Massoretic text of the Old Testament was printed by Gerson Ben Mosheh at Brescia in 1494, and far more elaborately in the first four volumes of the Complutensian Polyglot.
Even by the editors of the Complutensian Polyglot the Vulgate was regarded with such favor that, being printed between the Hebrew and Greek, it was compared by them to Christ crucified between the two thieves.
Erasmus and Froben knew that the Complutensian Polyglot was in the works, and so they made haste to publish a Greek text as quickly as possible, although other obligations prevented Erasmus from taking up the task seriously until July of 1515.
In particular, Stunica, one of the chief editors of the Complutensian Polyglot, went public with his defamation of Erasmus and insisted that in future editions he return the verse to its rightful place.
Miriam had asked me about Lennie, it had been in breathless terms-Lennie, lassoer of asteroids, the man who had grabbed an Apollo-Amor body using Russian boosters and a polyglot crew.
Crew was the usual polyglot bunch, in this case chiefly Pakis and Koreans.
The two cyborgs, working together, would then question the inhabitants in either polyglot or Russian.