Meanings
adjectivetrilingual (comparative more trilingual, superlative most trilingual)
comparative more trilingual · superlative most trilingual
nountrilingual (plural trilinguals)
plural trilinguals
- A person who speaks three languages.
There were no doubt Turanians or Mongols in Media whose language we know from the great trilinguals of Darius, but the early kings of the Medes had Aryan names, as had many other chiefs whom the Assyrians encountered.
1891, Claude Reignier Conder, The Lycian Language, page 616 - An inscription that includes the same text in three languages.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveusing or knowing three languages
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*tréyes
- Proto-Indo-European*tri-
- Proto-Italic*tri-
- Latintri-
- Englishtri-
- Proto-Indo-European*dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s
- Proto-Italic*dn̥ɣwā
- Latindingua
- Latinlingua
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Latinlinguāli
- Englishlingual
- Englishtrilingual
Translations
Bulgarian триезичен
- триезичен (triezičen)expressed or written in three languages
Catalan trilingüe, trilingüe
- trilingüeable to read or speak three languages
- trilingüeexpressed or written in three languages
Czech trojjazyčný, trojjazyčný
- trojjazyčnýable to read or speak three languages
- trojjazyčnýexpressed or written in three languages
Danish tresproget, tresproget
- tresprogetable to read or speak three languages
- tresprogetexpressed or written in three languages
Dutch drietalig, drietalig
- drietaligable to read or speak three languages
- drietaligexpressed or written in three languages
- drietaligeperson who speaks three languages
Esperanto trilingvulo, trilingvuloj
- trilingvuloperson who speaks three languages
- trilingvulojperson who speaks three languages
Finnish kolmikielinen, kolmikielinen
- kolmikielinenable to read or speak three languages
- kolmikielinenexpressed or written in three languages
- kolmikielinenperson who speaks three languages
French trilingue, trilingue
- trilingueable to read or speak three languages
- trilingueexpressed or written in three languages
German dreisprachig, trilingual
- dreisprachigable to read or speak three languages
- trilingualable to read or speak three languages
- dreisprachigexpressed or written in three languages
- trilingualexpressed or written in three languages
Hungarian háromnyelvű
- háromnyelvűexpressed or written in three languages
Icelandic þrítyngdur, þrítyngdur
- þrítyngdurable to read or speak three languages
- þrítyngdurexpressed or written in three languages
Polish trójjęzyczny, trzyjęzyczny
- trójjęzycznyable to read or speak three languages
- trzyjęzycznyable to read or speak three languages
- trójjęzycznyexpressed or written in three languages
- trzyjęzycznyexpressed or written in three languages
- trójjęzyczna osobaperson who speaks three languages
Portuguese trilingue, trilingue
- trilingueable to read or speak three languages
- trilingueexpressed or written in three languages
- trilingueexpressed or written in three languages
Russian трёхязычный, трёхъязы́чный
- трёхязычный (trjóxjazyčnyj)able to read or speak three languages
- трёхъязы́чный (trjoxʺjazýčnyj)able to read or speak three languages
- трёхъязы́чный (trjoxʺjazýčnyj)expressed or written in three languages
Slovak trojjazyčný, trojjazyčný
- trojjazyčnýable to read or speak three languages
- trojjazyčnýexpressed or written in three languages
Spanish trilingüe, trilingüe
- trilingüeable to read or speak three languages
- trilingüeexpressed or written in three languages
Swedish trespråkig, trespråkig
- trespråkigable to read or speak three languages
- trespråkigexpressed or written in three languages
Ukrainian трьохмо́вний, трьохмо́вний
- трьохмо́вний (trʹoxmóvnyj)able to read or speak three languages
- трьохмо́вний (trʹoxmóvnyj)expressed or written in three languages
Yiddish דרײַשפּראַכיק, דרײַשפּראַכיק
- דרײַשפּראַכיק (drayshprakhik)able to read or speak three languages
- דרײַשפּראַכיק (drayshprakhik)expressed or written in three languages
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with trilingual
bilingualmultilinguallingualsublingualmonolingualunilingualalveololingualambilingualanterolingualapicolingualaudiolingualaxiolingualbrevilingualbuccolingualcervicolingualcolingualcrosslingualdecalingualdentilingualdistolingualdorsolingualequilingualexolingualfaciolingual
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APA
trilingual. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trilingual
MLA
“trilingual.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trilingual. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “trilingual,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trilingual.
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