translingual /tɹænzˈlɪŋ.ɡwəl/adjective 5noun 1forms 1 adjective5 •Existing in multiple languages.The nose's comic potency is enhanced by the Indo-European rootedness of its own name, securing it a pivotal role in translingual games. — 1994 •Having the same meaning in many languages.No is the translingual symbol for the chemistry element nobelium. •Operating between different languages.This receiver, as translator, then performs a kind of "translingual transfer" to encode in a second language a new message that is intended to "mean the same" . . — 1986 •Containing words of multiple languages.Darien can make translingual jokes — 1985 •Occurring or being measured across the tongue.Simultaneous recordings of the translingual potential and integrated neural response of the rat. — 1985 noun1 •A person who can speak, or fluently switch between speaking, several languages. formstranslinguals
