0%

bilingualism

bi·lin·gual·ism
B b

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [bahy-ling-gwuh-liz-uh m or, Canadian, -ling-gyoo-uh-]
    • /baɪˈlɪŋ gwəˌlɪz əm or, Canadian, -ˈlɪŋ gyu ə-/
    • /baɪ.ˈlɪŋ.ɡwə.ˌlɪ.zəm/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [bahy-ling-gwuh-liz-uh m or, Canadian, -ling-gyoo-uh-]
    • /baɪˈlɪŋ gwəˌlɪz əm or, Canadian, -ˈlɪŋ gyu ə-/

Definitions of bilingualism word

  • uncountable noun bilingualism Bilingualism is the ability to speak two languages equally well. 3
  • noun bilingualism the ability to speak two languages fluently. 1
  • noun bilingualism the habitual use of two languages. 1
  • noun bilingualism Canadian. a government-supported program encouraging all citizens to acquire a knowledge of both English and French. 1
  • noun bilingualism speaking two languages 1
  • noun bilingualism official use of two languages 1
See all 7 definitions of bilingualism

Information block about the term

Origin of bilingualism

First appearance:

before 1870
One of the 26% newest English words
First recorded in 1870-75; bilingual + -ism

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Bilingualism

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Bilingualism

bilingualism popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 63% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

bilingualism usage trend in Literature

This diagram is provided by Google Ngram Viewer

Top questions with bilingualism

  • what is bilingualism?
  • what is bilingualism in education?
  • what is bilingualism and multilingualism?
  • what are the advantages of bilingualism?
  • what are the benefits of bilingualism?
  • why is bilingualism important?
  • what does bilingualism mean?

Related words

All related words to bilingualism

See also

Matching words

Was this page helpful?
Yes No
Thank you for your feedback! Tell your friends about this page
Tell us why?