Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Using or able to use three languages, especially with equal or nearly equal fluency.
- adj. Of, relating to, or expressed in three languages.
- n. A person who is able to use three languages, especially with equal fluency.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Consisting of or expressed in three languages.
Wiktionary
- adj. Able to read or speak three languages.
- adj. Expressed or written in three languages.
- n. A trilingual person.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Containing, or consisting of, three languages; expressed in three languages.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. using or knowing three languages
Etymologies
- tri- + -lingual (Wiktionary)
Examples
“It was assumed earlier that differences in the brain would only occur if a person is bi - or trilingual, that is with a very high command of different languages.”
“No wonder (in 1925) Hans Arp and El Lissitzky co-authored the trilingual Kunstismen (Isms in Art in English).”
“As I am Norwegian, work in English, and live in Korea (married to a Korean, trilingual kids), I think it is absolutely ridiculous that Windows doesn't come with all relevant languages built in for all versions.”
Windows 7 Ultimate Edition Not Geared At Home Users | Lifehacker Australia
“However, as I am Norwegian, work in English, and live in Korea (married to a Korean, trilingual kids), I think it is absolutely ridiculous that Windows doesn't come with all relevant languages built in for all versions.”
Windows 7 Ultimate Edition Not Geared At Home Users | Lifehacker Australia
“The world we live in is becoming more and more populated with bilingual and trilingual people, not to mention knowing more languages is a very marketable skill.”
Windows 7 Ultimate Edition Not Geared At Home Users | Lifehacker Australia
“I am Norwegian, work in English, and live in Korea (married to a Korean, trilingual kids).”
Windows 7 Ultimate Edition Not Geared At Home Users | Lifehacker Australia
“While Maria and I continue to work in Wordpress, it is the deployment of her trilingual skills on her blog that earn Maria a spot on this list.”
The Huffington Post: Pablo Manriquez: 7 Young Latinos In Online Media To Watch In 2012
“My family is fully bilingual. .some of us trilingual … and my dad is practically a manly and far more bearded C3P0.”
Child abuse, or most awesome dad ever? | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News
“The massive, trilingual volume that is now to hand—you need two of them just to lift its 7½ pounds of text and pictures—contains Kubrick's script of the abortive project as well as samples of the research material he assembled over a period of years in the late 1960s and early 1970s.”
The Wall Street Journal: How Stanley Kubrick Met His Waterloo
“So my regular life is pretty much trilingual on daily basis.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘trilingual’.
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Logolepsy
"Luciferous Logolepsy is a collection of over 9,000 obscure English words. Though the definition of an 'English' word might seem to be straightforward, it is not. There exist so many adopted, deriv...
Anschauung, Areopagus, Argus, Briarean, Dei gratia, Dei judicium, Deo volente, Duecento, Foehn, Geflugelte Worte, Gegenschein, Hakenkreuz and 9230 more...
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Joseph Conrad
key terms relating to his life and as found in his works.
exile, orphan, duality, seaman, complex, darkness, material interest, modernism, impressionism, symbolism, lyricism, chinese box and 63 more...
Tweets
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