polyglot

名词 polyglot:

1. a person who speaks more than one language
   同义词：linguist

形容词 polyglot:

1. having a command of or composed in many languages

1. Mr.Gorbachev and his reformist Kremlin allies are prepared to tolerate, even encourage, moderate nationalists who challenge central control and demand autonomy. But Moscow rightly feels that, in a polyglot country with102 different nationalities, ethnic violence is beyond the pale.
   戈尔巴乔夫和他克里姆林宫改革派盟友们，准备容忍，甚至鼓励温和的民族主义分子向中央控制挑战并要求独立。可是莫斯科自有理由觉得：在一个操多种语言，由102个民族组成的国家里，族裔之间的暴力则属过分。

pol.y.glot

adj.（形容词）
Speaking, writing, written in, or composed of several languages.
多种语言的：讲或写多种语言的、用几种语言写的或包含几种语言的
n.（名词）
A person having a speaking, reading, or writing knowledge of several languages.
使用多种语言的人：掌握了几种语言的说、读或写知识的人
A book, especially a Bible, containing several versions of the same text in different languages.
多种文字对照本：包含同一文本的几种语言版本的书，尤其指《圣经》
A mixture or confusion of languages.
多种语言的混合或混淆

来源：
French polyglotte
法语 polyglotte
from Greek poluglôttos
源自 希腊语 poluglôttos
polu- [poly-]
polu- [表示.过多，众多.之意]
glôtta [tongue, language]
glôtta [舌头；语言]

【引伸】
pol.yglot.ism 或
pol.yglot.tism
n.（名词）