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bilingual
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
bilingual
(adjective)
bilingual
/baɪ
ˈ
lɪŋgwəl/
adjective
bilingual
/baɪ
ˈ
lɪŋgwəl/
adjective
Britannica Dictionary definition of BILINGUAL
1
:
able to speak and understand two languages
Several of the employees are
bilingual
.
He is
bilingual
in English and Japanese.
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2
:
using or expressed in two languages
a
bilingual
dictionary
She grew up in a
bilingual
community.
The town has an excellent
bilingual
education program.
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—
compare
monolingual
,
multilingual
— bilingual
noun
,
plural
bilinguals
[
count
]
Several of the employees are
bilinguals
.
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— bilingualism
/baɪ
ˈ
lɪŋgwəˌlɪzəm/
noun
[
noncount
]
She says her
bilingualism
[=her ability to speak two languages] has helped her in her career.
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