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- [bahy-ling-gwuh l or, Canadian, -ling-gyoo-uh l]
- /baɪˈlɪŋ gwəl or, Canadian, -ˈlɪŋ gyu əl/
- /baɪˈlɪŋ.ɡwəl/
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- [bahy-ling-gwuh l or, Canadian, -ling-gyoo-uh l]
- /baɪˈlɪŋ gwəl or, Canadian, -ˈlɪŋ gyu əl/
Definitions of bilingual word
- adjective bilingual Bilingual means involving or using two languages. 3
- adjective bilingual Someone who is bilingual can speak two languages equally well, usually because they learned both languages as a child. 3
- adjective bilingual able to speak two languages, esp with fluency 3
- adjective bilingual written or expressed in two languages 3
- noun bilingual a bilingual person 3
- adjective bilingual of or in two languages 3
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Origin of bilingual
First appearance:
before 1835 One of the 34% newest English words
1835-45; < Latin bilingu(is) (bi- bi-1 + lingu-, stem of lingua tongue + -is adj. suffix) + -al1
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Parts of speech for Bilingual
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
bilingual popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 81% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
bilingual usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for bilingual
adjective bilingual
- multilingual — using or able to speak several or many languages with some facility.
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See also
Matching words
- Words starting with b
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