Meaning

1 senses
  1. A person who understands five languages.

Origin

Late 19th century, quinque- + lingual.

Late 19th century, quinque- + lingual.

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Forms

plural: quinquelinguals
Singularquinquelingual
Pluralquinquelinguals

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms

Word family

1 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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