quadrilingualとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• 韻: -ɪŋɡwəl

形容詞

quadrilingual (not comparable)

1. Involving four languages.
   • 2019, Li Huang; James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, DOI:10.1080/01434632.2019.1596115, page 3:

     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.
3. Of a person, able to speak four languages.

同意語

• tetralingual

名詞

quadrilingual (複数形 quadrilinguals)

1. A person who understands four languages.

参考

• monolingual
• bilingual
• trilingual
• quinquelingual
• multilingual