Meanings
- not comparableHaving the ability to speak, or to understand, all languages.
The Sandpipers are omnilingual and sing in 11 different languages.
1969, Congressional Record, United States Congress, page 82522 more examples
Sir, my omnilingual Diorama having recently appeared in your useful publication, unconnected with some of the proofs that it has a just claim to such a comprehensive title, I shall now, with your permission, submit a prospectus of my universal characters contrasted with those which are most current over the Asiatic Peninsula, to the inspection of many Orientalists among your readers, very well qualified to decide impartially on the comparative merits of my scheme, at least in its application to the two indispensable languages for British India: namely, the Hindoostanee and Persian tongue.
1825, The Oriental Herald 1825-08: Volume 6, Issue 20, Open Court Publishing Company, page 302Because they are in some sense part of an omnilingual scholarly vocabulary, many instructors require their students to learn them and use them.
1960, The Voice Out of the Whirlwind: The Book of Job, Chandler Pub. Company, page 328
plural omnilinguals
- A person who has the ability to speak, or to understand, all languages
Synonyms: omnilinguist
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA person who has the ability to speak, or to understand, all languages
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₃ep-
- Proto-Italic*opnis
- Latinomnis
- Englishomni-
- Proto-Indo-European*dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s
- Proto-Italic*dn̥ɣwā
- Latindingua
- Latinlingua
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Latinlinguāli
- Englishlingual
- Englishomnilingual
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with omnilingual
Cite this entry
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