bilingual

pronunciation

How to pronounce bilingual in British English: UK [ˌbaɪˈlɪŋɡwəl]word uk audio image

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  • Noun:
    a person who speaks two languages fluently
  • 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 .

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