multilingual

1. 1.

   using or knowing more than one language

   “a multilingual translator”

   “a multilingual nation”

   Antonymsmonolingual

   Similarbilingualpolyglottrilingual

Questions about multilingual

What does multilingual mean?

multilingual means "using or knowing more than one language".

How many syllables are in multilingual?

multilingual has 4 syllables: mul-ti-lin-gual. The stress falls on "lin". In IPA it is /ˌmʌltiˈlɪŋwəl/.

What is the opposite of multilingual?

The recorded antonyms are monolingual.

Is multilingual a common word?

multilingual is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.