πολύγλωσσος
Ancient Greek
adj-2nd
Definitions
- speaking many languages, multilingual
Etymology
Affix from Ancient Greek πολύς (many, much, a lot of) + Ancient Greek γλῶσσα (tongue, language, an obsolete foreign word requiring explanation).
Origin
Ancient Greek
γλῶσσα
Gloss
tongue, language, an obsolete foreign word requiring explanation
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
語
Emoji
👅 😋 😛 😜 😝 🤑
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -glossia English
- Polynesia English
- glossology English
- poly- English
- polylectic English
- polymer English
- polytocous English
- diplo- Latin
- glossarium Latin
- glossārium Latin
- glōssa Latin
- polytrichus Latin
- poly- German
- poli- Hungarian
- poli- Italian
- poly- Dutch, Flemish
- Glossopteris French
- polyadène French
- polythéisme French
- полиме́р Russian
- poli- Spanish, Castilian
- Πολυδάμας Ancient Greek
- Πολυδεύκης Ancient Greek
- Πολυκράτης Ancient Greek
- Πολυνείκης Ancient Greek
- βούγλωσσον Ancient Greek
- γάλα Ancient Greek
- γλωσσοκομεῖον Ancient Greek
- γλωσσοπέτρα Ancient Greek
- γλῶσσα Ancient Greek
- κυνόγλωσσον Ancient Greek
- πικρόγλωσσος Ancient Greek
- πλεῖστος Ancient Greek
- πολλάκις Ancient Greek
- πολυγαμία Ancient Greek
- πολυμαθής Ancient Greek
- πολυποίκιλος Ancient Greek
- πολύγαλον Ancient Greek
- πολύγονον Ancient Greek
- πολύγωνος Ancient Greek
- πολύμητις Ancient Greek
- πολύς Ancient Greek
- πολύσημος Ancient Greek
- πολύτλας Ancient Greek
- πόρος Ancient Greek
- τανύγλωσσος Ancient Greek
- φαγεῖν Ancient Greek
- ἀρνόγλωσσον Ancient Greek
- *polh₁ús Proto-Indo-European
- poli- Portuguese
- poli- Polish
- poly- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Polainéis Irish
- poli- Catalan, Valencian
- policromía Galician
- γλώσσα Greek (modern)
- *glóťťā Proto-Hellenic
- γρούσσα Tsakonian