bilingual
See also: bi-lingual
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From Latin bilinguis + -al; equivalent to bi- + lingual.
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bilingual (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.
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- → Japanese: バイリンガル (bairingaru)
- → Polish: bilingwalny
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speaking two languages
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written in two languages
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bilingual (plural bilinguals)
- A person who is able to use two languages.
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a person who is bilingual
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bilingual (strong nominative masculine singular bilingualer, not comparable)
- bilingual
- Synonym: zweisprachig
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Positive forms of bilingual (uncomparable)