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Poliglotta

andersxman

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Denmark/danish
One of my colleagues used an italian word today, I think it was something along the lines of "poligloti", and told me that it is used to indicate a person who speaks several languages...Is poligloti an italian word? Spelling? What is the "singularis"-form..? (how DO you say "singularis" in english?)
Oh yeah, if anyone knows about the meaning of the two parts of the word, that would be very interesting too... poli = several, I presume.. "GLOTI", on the other hand...??
Hello, welcome to the forum.

andersxman said:
One of my colleagues used an italian word today, I think it was something along the lines of "poligloti", and told me that it is used to indicate a person who speaks several languages...Is poligloti an italian word? Spelling? What is the "singularis"-form..?

The Italian word is poliglotta (for both sexes), with plural poliglotti (masculine) or poliglotte (feminine).
The English equivalent is polyglot.
The origin is Greek (πολύγλωσσοσ).
Polys means many, glotta stands for language (the more common word would be glossa - see here).

(how DO you say "singularis" in english?)

Singular.

Jana
Thank you, I really appreciate your help, it really is an excellent oppertunity to pick up bits and pieces of a foreign language, this forum!
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