Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Using or able to use three languages, especially with equal or nearly equal fluency.
- adjective Of, relating to, or expressed in three languages.
- noun A person who is able to use three languages, especially with equal fluency.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Consisting of or expressed in three languages.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Containing, or consisting of, three languages; expressed in three languages.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Able to
read orspeak threelanguages . - adjective
Expressed orwritten in three languages. - noun A trilingual person.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective using or knowing three languages
Etymologies
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Examples
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It was assumed earlier that differences in the brain would only occur if a person is bi - or trilingual, that is with a very high command of different languages.
Signs of the Times 2009
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The world we live in is becoming more and more populated with bilingual and trilingual people, not to mention knowing more languages is a very marketable skill.
Windows 7 Ultimate Edition Not Geared At Home Users | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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The massive, trilingual volume that is now to hand—you need two of them just to lift its 7½ pounds of text and pictures—contains Kubrick's script of the abortive project as well as samples of the research material he assembled over a period of years in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
How Stanley Kubrick Met His Waterloo Frederic Raphael 2011
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So my regular life is pretty much trilingual on daily basis.
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My family is fully bilingual. .some of us trilingual … and my dad is practically a manly and far more bearded C3P0.
Child abuse, or most awesome dad ever? | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009
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However, as I am Norwegian, work in English, and live in Korea (married to a Korean, trilingual kids), I think it is absolutely ridiculous that Windows doesn't come with all relevant languages built in for all versions.
Windows 7 Ultimate Edition Not Geared At Home Users | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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No wonder (in 1925) Hans Arp and El Lissitzky co-authored the trilingual Kunstismen (Isms in Art in English).
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I am Norwegian, work in English, and live in Korea (married to a Korean, trilingual kids).
Windows 7 Ultimate Edition Not Geared At Home Users | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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As I am Norwegian, work in English, and live in Korea (married to a Korean, trilingual kids), I think it is absolutely ridiculous that Windows doesn't come with all relevant languages built in for all versions.
Windows 7 Ultimate Edition Not Geared At Home Users | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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While Maria and I continue to work in Wordpress, it is the deployment of her trilingual skills on her blog that earn Maria a spot on this list.
Pablo Manriquez: 7 Young Latinos In Online Media To Watch In 2012 Pablo Manriquez 2011
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