adj Involving, or using, several different languages.
- In reality, the multidimensionality of language contact in multilingual environments ensures no such neat compartmentalisation.
— James Lambert, A multitude of ‘lishes’: The nomenclature of hybridity (2018)
- Wikipedia is the most ambitious multilingual project after the Bible: There are editions in over 340 languages, and a further 400 even more obscure ones are being developed and tested.
— Jacob Judah, How AI and Wikipedia have sent vulnerable languages into a doom spiral (2025)
adj Able to speak or use several languages.
- Describing us as multilingual emphasizes our achievements and that learning English adds to the richness of our identity.
— Ching Ching Tan, Spielberg’s West Side Story shows us the value of multilingualism (2021)
