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polyglot
Pronunciation: ⁄ˈpɒlɪglɒt⁄
adjective
·              knowing or using several languages:
a polyglot career woman
·    (of a book) having the text translated into several languages:
polyglot and bilingual technical dictionaries
noun
·              a person who knows and is able to use several languages:
Slovenians, being surrounded by many countries, are mostly polyglots

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