translingual

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/tɹænzˈlɪŋ.ɡwəl/

adjective

Existing in multiple languages.

“No is the translingual symbol for the chemistry element nobelium.”

Scrabble 13

Meanings

adjectivetranslingual (not comparable)
  1. not comparablehuman sciencesExisting in multiple languages.

    You must establish that a translingual approach is rhetorically justified, critically relevant, and communicates ideas with clarity.

    2022, Stephanie Renée Payne, “Translingual (Code-meshed) Approach to Writing [Student Guide]”, in University of Southern California, page 1
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    The nose's comic potency is enhanced by the Indo-European rootedness of its own name, securing it a pivotal role in translingual games.

    1994, Cordner, Holland & Kerrigan, editor, English Comedy
  2. not comparableHaving the same meaning in many languages.

    No is the translingual symbol for the chemistry element nobelium.

  3. not comparableContaining words of multiple languages.

    Darien can make translingual jokes

    1985, W. Redfern, Georges Darien: Robbery and Private Enterprise
  4. not comparablehuman sciencesOperating between different languages.

    This receiver, as translator, then performs a kind of "translingual transfer" to encode in a second language a new message that is intended to "mean the same" . .

    1986, James S. Holmes, Translated: Papers on Literary Translation and Translation Studies
  5. not comparablemedicineOccurring or being measured across the tongue.

    Simultaneous recordings of the translingual potential and integrated neural response of the rat.

    1985, Hech, Welter & DeSimone, Chemical Senses

    Synonyms: transglossal

nountranslingual (plural translinguals)

plural translinguals

  1. A person who can speak, or fluently switch between speaking, several languages.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveOccurring or being measured across the tongue.

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Origin

From trans- (“across”) + lingual (“having to do with languages or tongues”).

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Translations

Arabic مُتَعَدِّدُ اللُّغَات
  • مُتَعَدِّدُ اللُّغَات (mutaʕaddidu l-luḡāt)existing in multiple languages
Bulgarian междуезиков
  • междуезиков (mežduezikov)existing in multiple languages
Chinese 跨語言的 /跨语言的, 跨语言的
  • 跨語言的 /跨语言的existing in multiple languages
  • 跨语言的 (kuà yǔyán de)existing in multiple languages
Esperanto translingva
  • translingvaexisting in multiple languages
German sprachenübergreifend
  • sprachenübergreifendexisting in multiple languages
Greek διαγλωσσικός
  • διαγλωσσικός (diaglossikós)existing in multiple languages
Polish międzyjęzykowy
  • międzyjęzykowyexisting in multiple languages
Russian межъязыково́й
  • межъязыково́й (mežʺjazykovój)existing in multiple languages
Spanish translingüe
  • translingüeexisting in multiple languages
Tagalog maramihang wika, interlinggwe
  • maramihang wikaexisting in multiple languages
  • interlinggweexisting in multiple languages
  • translinggwalexisting in multiple languages
Turkish dillerarası
  • dillerarasıexisting in multiple languages
Welsh trawsieithol
  • trawsieitholexisting in multiple languages

Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

translingual. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/translingual

MLA

“translingual.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/translingual. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “translingual,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/translingual.

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