🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

三言语使用

Native Script:三言語使用

Pronunciation / Transliteration: san gengo shiyou

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Trilingualism/traɪˈlɪŋ.ɡwɪz.əm/
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"グローバル化に伴い、三言語使用の重要性が増している。"

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The ability to communicate fluently in three different languages.

    "Her trilingualism opened up numerous international career opportunities in diplomacy."
  2. 2

    The habitual use of three distinct languages within a specific community, region, or publication.

    "The official documents of the region reflect a policy of institutional trilingualism."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin prefix 'tri-' (three) combined with 'lingual', originating from Latin 'lingua' (tongue, language), with the Greek suffix '-ism' added in the late 19th century. It evolved to describe the ability to speak or the regular use of three distinct languages by an individual or community.

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