bilingual
pronunciation
How to pronounce bilingual in British English: UK [ˌbaɪˈlɪŋɡwəl]
How to pronounce bilingual in American English: US [ˌbaɪˈlɪŋɡwəl]
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- Noun:
- a person who speaks two languages fluently
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- Adjective:
- using or knowing two languages
Word Origin
- bilingual (adj.)
- 1818, from bi- + lingual. Latin bilinguis meant literally "two-tongued," and, figuratively, "speaking a jumble of languages," also "double-tongued, hypocritical, false."
Example
- 1. It is why even bilingual doctors rely on interpreters .
- 2. Bialystok is also studying physical differences between bilingual and monolingual brains .
- 3. In contrast , the bilingual infants followed a different developmental trajectory .
- 4. The latest evidence shows that being bilingual does not necessarily make people smarter .
- 5. New research suggests that even babies have little trouble developing bilingual skills .