trilingue

See also: trilingüe and trilíngue

French

Etymology

From Latin trilinguis (“who speaks three languages”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʁi.lɛ̃ɡ/

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• Homophone: trilingues
• Hyphenation: tri‧lingue

Adjective

trilingue (plural trilingues)

1. trilingual

Derived terms

• trilinguisme

Further reading

• “trilingue”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Italian

Etymology

From tri- +‎ lingue.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /triˈlin.ɡwe/
• Rhymes: -inɡwe
• Hyphenation: tri‧lìn‧gue

Adjective

trilingue m or f by sense (plural trilingui)

1. trilingual

Related terms

• trilinguismo

Further reading

• “trilingue”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• trilíngue

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɾiˈlĩ.ɡi/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾiˈlĩ.ɡɨ/

• Hyphenation: tri‧lin‧gue

Adjective

trilingue m or f (plural trilingues)

1. trilingual

Related terms

• trilinguismo
• bilingue/bilíngue
• multilingue/multilíngue, plurilingue/plurilíngue
• monolingue/monolíngue

Further reading

• “trilingue”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026