bilingual

English

Etymology

bi- +‎ lingual

Pronunciation

• IPA: /baɪˈlɪŋ.ɡwəl/, /baɪˈlɪŋ.ɡju.əl/

Alternative forms

• bi-lingual

Adjective

Wikipedia

bilingual (not comparable)

1. Having the ability to speak two languages

   1998, Fife, Bruce, The Birthday Party Business, ISBN 0-941-59927-2, page 176:

   Since she is bilingual she has them written in both English and Spanish.

2. Spoken or written in two different languages

   a bilingual dictionary

3. Characterized by the use or presence of two languages

   bilingual education

Derived terms

• bilingualism
• bilinguality

Synonyms

• diglot

See also

• biscriptal

Translations

speaking two languages

• Albanian: dygjuhësh (sq)
• Arabic: ثنائي اللغة (ar) (thunaa'iy al-lugha)
• Basque: elebidun (eu)
• Bengali: দ্বিভাষিক (bn)
• Breton: divyezhek (br)
• Bulgarian: двуезичен (bg) (dvuezičen)
• Catalan: bilingüe (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 雙語 (cmn), 双语 (cmn) (shuāngyǔ)

• Dutch: tweetalig (nl)
• Esperanto: dulingva (eo)
• Estonian: kakskeelne (et)
• Finnish: kaksikielinen (fi)
• French: bilingue (fr)
• German: zweisprachig (de), bilingual (de)
• Greek: δίγλωσσος (el) (díglossos) m
• Hebrew: דו-לשוני
• Hungarian: bilingvis (hu), kétnyelvű (hu)
• Icelandic: tvítyngdur (is)
• Irish: dátheangach (ga)

• Italian: bilingue (it)
• Japanese: 二言語を自由に話せる (にげんごをじゆうにはなせる, ni gengo o jiyūni hanaseru), バイリンガルの (ja) (bairingaru no)
• Korean: 두 개 국어를 말하는 (두 個 國語를 말하는, du gae gugeoreul malhaneun)
• Macedonian: двојазичен (mk) (dvojázičen) m
• Manx: daa-hengagh (gv)
• Norwegian: bilingv (no), bilingval (no), tospråklig (no)
• Pashto: دوه ژبی (ps) (dwa žëbay)
• Persian: دوزبانه (fa)
• Polish: dwujęzyczny (pl) m
• Romanian: bilingv (ro) m and n, bilingvă (ro) f
• Russian: двуязычный (ru) (dvujazýčnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: dà-chànanach (gd), dà-theangach (gd)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: двојѐзичан (sh), би̏лингва̄лан (sh)

  Roman: dvojèzičan (sh), bȉlingvālan (sh)

• Spanish: bilingüe (es)
• Swedish: tvåspråkig

written in two languages

• Arabic: ثنائي اللغة (ar) (thunaa'iy al-lugha)
• Basque: elebidun (eu)
• Bengali: দ্বিভাষিক (bn)
• Breton: divyezhek (br)
• Bulgarian: двуезичен (bg) (dvuezičen)
• Catalan: bilingüe (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 雙語 (cmn), 双语 (cmn) (shuāngyǔ)

• Czech: dvojjazyčný (cs)
• Dutch: tweetalig (nl)
• Esperanto: dulingva (eo)
• Estonian: kakskeelne (et)
• Finnish: kaksikielinen (fi)
• German: zweisprachig (de)
• Greek: δίγλωσσος (el) (díglossos) m
• Hungarian: kétnyelvű (hu)

• Icelandic: tveggja mála
• Irish: dátheangach (ga)
• Japanese: 二言語で書かれた (にげんごでかかれた, ni gengo de kakareta)
• Korean: 두 나라말로 쓰인 (du naramallo ssuin)
• Macedonian: двојазичен (mk) (dvojázičen) m
• Malay: dwibahasa (ms)
• Manx: daa-hengagh (gv)
• Pashto: دوه ژبی (ps) (dwa žëbay)
• Persian: دوزبانه (fa)
• Romanian: bilingv (ro) m and n, bilingvă (ro) f
• Russian: двуязычный (ru) (dvujazýčnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: dà-chànanach (gd), dà-theangach (gd)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: двојѐзичан (sh)

  Roman: dvojèzičan (sh)

• Spanish: bilingüe (es)

Noun

bilingual (plural bilinguals)

1. A person who is bilingual.

Translations

a person who is bilingual

• Basque: elebidun (eu)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 會雙語的人, 会双语的人 (huì shuāngyǔ de rén)

• Dutch: tweetalige (nl)
• Esperanto: dulingvano (eo), dulingvulo (eo)

• Finnish: kaksikielinen (fi)
• Hungarian: kétnyelvű (hu)
• Japanese: 二言語に通じた人 (にげんごにつうじたひと, ni gengo ni tūjita hito)
• Korean: 두 개 국어를 말하는 사람 (두 個 國語를 말하는 사람, du gae gugeoreul malhaneun saram)
• Manx: daa-hengagh (gv) m