quadrilingual

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person who understands four languages.
  2. An inscription that includes the same text in four languages.
形容词 adj.
  1. Involving four languages. not-comparable
    — Part of the rationale for this quadrilingual language policy is the desire to preserve ‘Asian values’, viewed as inherent in Asian languages, in the face of ‘Western values’ associated with globalisation and the use of English.
  2. Of a text, written in four languages. not-comparable
  3. Of a person, able to speak four languages. not-comparable

词形变化

quadrilinguals plural

词汇关系

近义词
tetralingual
衍生词
quadrilingualism quadrilingually
相关词
monolingual bilingual trilingual quinquelingual multilingual

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóresder.
Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwr̥-
Proto-Italic *kʷetru-
Latin quadri-bor.
English quadri-
Latin linguālislbor.
English lingual
English quadrilingual
From quadri- + lingual.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóresder.
Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwr̥-
Proto-Italic *kʷetru-
Latin quadri-bor.
English quadri-
Latin linguālislbor.
English lingual
English quadrilingual
From quadri- + lingual.
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