polyglottal

adjective

poly·​glot·​tal

-ät|

variants or polyglottic

|ik,

|ēk

or polyglottous

|əs

: polyglot

polyglottally

|ᵊlē

|ᵊli

adverb

Word History

Etymology

polyglot entry 1 + -al or -ic or -ous

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