Meanings
adjectivequinquelingual (not comparable)
- not comparableWritten in five languages.
- not comparableAble to speak five languages.
nounquinquelingual (plural quinquelinguals)
plural quinquelinguals
- A person who understands five languages.
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Origin
Late 19th century, quinque- + lingual.
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Rhymes with quinquelingual
bilingualmultilinguallingualsublingualmonolingualtrilingualunilingualalveololingualambilingualanterolingualapicolingualaudiolingualaxiolingualbrevilingualbuccolingualcervicolingualcolingualcrosslingualdecalingualdentilingualdistolingualdorsolingualequilingualexolingual
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APA
quinquelingual. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quinquelingual
MLA
“quinquelingual.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quinquelingual. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “quinquelingual,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quinquelingual.
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