omniglot

English

Etymology

omni- +‎ -glot

Noun

omniglot (plural omniglots)

(rare, theoretically) A person or entity who has mastered all languages.
- 2022, Adrian Tchaikovsky, Children of Memory, Tor, page 260:
  Not for the first time Miranda, the omniglot, had to force herself not to get lost in all the little intricacies of translating back and forth.

Coordinate terms

1, monoglot; 2, diglot; 3, triglot; many (but not all), polyglot

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