quadrilingual

[ kwod-ruh-ling-gwuhlor, Canadian, -ling-gyoo-uhl ]

adjective

1. using or involving four languages:

   a quadrilingual person; a quadrilingual translation of the Bible.

Word History and Origins

Origin of quadrilingual¹

First recorded in 1960–65; quadri- + lingual

Example Sentences

Anonymous to most casual fans, Bach, 67, is one of the most powerful people in global sports, a bespectacled, quadrilingual German whose decisions can alter the fates of not one sport, but dozens; not one country, but hundreds; and not merely a select group of elite professionals, but a worldwide athlete population in the millions.

From New York Times

He’s quadrilingual, and though he usually works in registration, he’s been lending a hand with the tech site.

From Washington Times

Enter Maxwell, a glamorous mentor — the Oxford-educated, quadrilingual daughter of a wealthy publishing magnate — signaling that Epstein’s depravity was fine.

From Washington Post

Charter schools brought to the District the first Expeditionary Learning schools, the first classical education school, the first Hebrew-language public school, the first year-round school and the first quadrilingual International Baccalaureate high school.

From Washington Post

He is quadrilingual, speaking Igbo, the language of his father, as well as Yoruba, which is widely spoken in the south west of Nigeria where Obioma grew up, plus English and, thanks to his sojourn in Cyprus, Turkish.

From The Guardian