bilingual
See also: bi-lingual
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Latin bilinguis + -al; equivalent to bi- + lingual.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /baɪˈlɪŋ.ɡwəl/, /baɪˈlɪŋ.ɡju.əl/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɪŋɡwəl, -ɪŋɡjuəl
Adjective
editbilingual (not comparable)
- Having the ability to speak two languages fluently.
- Synonyms: diglot, two-tongued
- Hypernym: multilingual
- 1998, Bruce Fife, The Birthday Party Business, →ISBN, page 176:
- Since she is bilingual she has them written in both English and Spanish.
- Spoken or written in two different languages.
- Hypernym: multilingual
- a bilingual dictionary
- 2020 December 30, Paul Stephen, “Chirk station is truly blooming”, in Rail, page 48:
- All signage in and around the station is bilingual in Welsh and English, while station announcements and passenger information screens provide real-time information.
- Characterized by the use or presence of two languages.
- Hypernym: multilingual
- bilingual education
- 2018 December 12, Cleve R. Wootson Jr., “Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s new favorite pastime appears to be trolling conservative critics”, in The Washington Post[1]:
- Ocasio-Cortez’s trolling went bilingual in November when a Fox News show, “The Story,” had a prime-time discussion about Ocasio-Cortez’s shoes, including an acknowledgment that the network spent a lot of time talking about a woman who had not even been sworn into Congress yet.
Synonyms
editDerived terms
editDescendants
edit- → Japanese: バイリンガル (bairingaru)
- → Polish: bilingwalny
Translations
editspeaking two languages
|
written in two languages
|
See also
editNoun
editbilingual (plural bilinguals)
- A person who is able to use two languages.
Translations
edita person who is bilingual
|
Further reading
editGerman
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Adjective
editbilingual (strong nominative masculine singular bilingualer, not comparable)
- bilingual
- Synonym: zweisprachig
Declension
editPositive forms of bilingual (uncomparable)
Further reading
editCategories:
- English terms derived from Latin
- English terms suffixed with -al
- English 3-syllable words
- English 4-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- Rhymes:English/ɪŋɡwəl
- Rhymes:English/ɪŋɡwəl/3 syllables
- Rhymes:English/ɪŋɡjuəl
- Rhymes:English/ɪŋɡjuəl/4 syllables
- English lemmas
- English adjectives
- English uncomparable adjectives
- English terms with quotations
- English terms with collocations
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- German terms prefixed with bi-
- German terms with audio links
- German lemmas
- German adjectives
- German uncomparable adjectives