GRE Vocab Word of the Day: Polyglot | GRE Vocabulary

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[jojoquigley]

Many people in India and Europe are polyglots, speaking 3 or more languages. Some Americans are bilingual, speaking 2 languages (for example, Spanish and English). Everyone in my family is a monoglot (is that a word ?), speaking only one language.

If you take a very figurative meaning of polyglot, one could say I am a polyglot:
I speak the language of love, the language of music, and the language of American English.

[shamsularefin]

It's a blessing to be a polyglot. It'll help you to know a lot from other cultures elaborately

[SuccessforLifester]

James Bond is a polyglot as he needs to carry out missions in different countries

[lim]

I do aim to be a polyglot. However it is easier planned than done. 😂😂

For speakers of Romance Languages ( Spanish, French, Italian, …), it's a lot easier to master another language from the same lingua family. Hence I somewhat doubt if it is fair to call them polyglot. Usually people in southern China who speak both Mandarin and Cantonese don't consider themselves bilingual.

I think it more interesting and challenging to learn a totally different language. New alphabet, new stroke of the character (may even look like weird totem ), new sounds, new word order. Every step is a small accomplishment. Meanwhile leaning a totally different language from one's mother tongue entails much more practice and longer time to achieve fluency. Bittersweet pleasure. 😂

Anyway, thank you so much for making these videos. They are very helpful! If more root meaning could be mentioned in coming videos, it's even nicer!
Thank you! Gracias! 谢谢! ありがとう!
(*๓´╰╯`๓)♡

[jasw]

My friend is seriously a polyglot. She speaks SO many languages!

[Aatlurisairam]

my uncle was a polyglot who works as a tourist guide

[mxjahin]

Is a person who speaks 3languages considered a polyglot?

[SuccessforLifester]

I will only recognise someone as a polyglot if he could speak multiple languages fluently without difficulties

[fatemakaifa]

Our national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam was a polyglot

[rodavort]

Had not she been a polyglot, she could not have gotten out of that complicated situation!

[stjamesschool]

Polyglot: A person who speaks many languages.

[aafreenkhan]

My friend can speak three languages, now I know I can call her a polyglot.

[erfantaghvaei]

I'm a polyglot in programming languages :)

[ricardoalvarez]

Practicing your vocabulary every day could convert you in a polyglot person.

[krystalbex]

you need to use it in a sentence please

[sk-]

I only know two languages: my native language and English. So I think you can't call me a polyglot, can you?

[SuccessforLifester]

An arrogant CCP Chinese chastised me when I said that it was hard to master two languages and he said there were polyglots. But I told him that he wrote his English badly and he was outraged.

[hariprasanth]

Polyglot - One who speaks different languages.
Poly - many
Glot- tongue


Sentence : I cousin speaks 7 different languages so it is fair to call him Polyglot.
A worldwide traveler need not to be a polyglot if he can have a google translator.

[sbindoctor]

Most Americans are not polyglots despite being required to take a second language

[raheemzada]

A country of multicultural people will form a polyglot nation