bilingual

See also: bi-lingual

English

Alternative forms

• bi-lingual (rare)

Etymology

From Latin bilinguis; equivalent to bi- +‎ lingual.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baɪˈlɪŋ.ɡwəl/, /baɪˈlɪŋ.ɡju.əl/

Adjective

bilingual (not comparable)

1. Having the ability to speak two languages.
   • 1998, Fife, Bruce, The Birthday Party Business, →ISBN, page 176:

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

   Synonym: diglot

   Hypernym: multilingual

2. Spoken or written in two different languages.

   a bilingual dictionary

   Hypernym: multilingual

3. Characterized by the use or presence of two languages.

   bilingual education

   • 2018 December 12, Cleve R. Wootson Jr., “Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s new favorite pastime appears to be trolling conservative critics”, in The Washington Post‎^[1]:

     Ocasio-Cortez’s trolling went bilingual in November when a Fox News show, “The Story,” had a prime-time discussion about Ocasio-Cortez’s shoes, including an acknowledgment that the network spent a lot of time talking about a woman who had not even been sworn into Congress yet.

   Hypernym: multilingual

Derived terms

• bilingualism
• bilinguality

 

Translations

speaking two languages

• Afrikaans: Template:tweetalig
• Albanian: dygjuhësh (sq)
• Arabic: ثُنَائِي اَللُّغَة (ṯunāʔī l-luḡa)
• Asturian: billingüe
• Basque: elebidun (eu)
• Belarusian: двухмо́ўны (dvuxmóŭny), дзвюхмо́ўны (dzvjuxmóŭny)
• Bengali: দ্বিভাষিক (dibhaśik)
• Breton: divyezhek (br)
• Bulgarian: двуезичен (dvuezičen)
• Catalan: bilingüe
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 雙語／双语 (zh) (shuāngyǔ), 双语 (zh) (shuāngyǔ)

• Czech: dvojjazyčný
• Danish: tosproget, tvesproget
• Dutch: tweetalig (nl)
• Esperanto: dulingva
• Estonian: kakskeelne
• Finnish: kaksikielinen (fi)
• French: bilingue (fr)
• Galician: bilingüe
• Georgian: ორენოვანი (orenovani), ორენიანი (oreniani)
• German: zweisprachig (de), bilingual (de)
• Greek: δίγλωσσος (el) m (díglossos)
• Hebrew: דו-לשוני
• Hungarian: bilingvis, kétnyelvű (hu)
• Icelandic: tvítyngdur
• Ido: bilingua (io)
• Irish: dátheangach
• Italian: bilingue (it)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: ^{(please verify)} 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)
• Khmer: ឧភយពាក្យ (u’pʰea’yea’ piek), ពីរភាសា (pii pʰiesaa)
• Korean: ^{(please verify)} 두 개 국어를 말하는 (두 個 國語를 말하는, du gae gugeoreul malhaneun)
• Macedonian: двоја́зичен m (dvojázičen)
• Manx: daa-hengagh
• Navajo: saad naaki yidiitsʼaʼ
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: bilingv, bilingval, tospråklig

  Nynorsk: bilingv, bilingval, tospråkleg

• Pashto: دوه ژبی (ps) (dwa žëbay)
• Persian: دوزبانه (fa)
• Polish: dwujęzyczny (pl) m
• Portuguese: bilíngue (pt), bilingue (pt) m or f
• Romanian: bilingv (ro) m or n, bilingvă f
• Russian: двуязы́чный (ru) (dvujazýčnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: dà-chànanach, dà-theangach
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: двојѐзичан, би̏лингва̄лан

  Roman: dvojèzičan (sh), bȉlingvālan (sh)

• Slovak: dvojjazyčný
• Spanish: bilingüe (es)
• Swedish: tvåspråkig (sv)
• Tagalog: dalwika
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Ukrainian: двомо́вний (dvomóvnyj)
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
• Welsh: dwyieithog (cy)

written in two languages

• Arabic: ثُنَائِي اَللُّغَة (ṯunāʔī l-luḡa)
• Asturian: billingüe
• Basque: elebidun (eu)
• Bengali: দ্বিভাষিক (dibhaśik)
• Breton: divyezhek (br)
• Bulgarian: двуезичен (dvuezičen)
• Catalan: bilingüe
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 雙語／双语 (zh) (shuāngyǔ), 双语 (zh) (shuāngyǔ)

• Czech: dvojjazyčný
• Danish: tosproget, tvesproget
• Dutch: tweetalig (nl)
• Esperanto: dulingva
• Estonian: kakskeelne
• Finnish: kaksikielinen (fi)
• Galician: bilingüe
• Georgian: ორენოვანი (orenovani), ბილინგვური (bilingvuri)
• German: zweisprachig (de)
• Greek: δίγλωσσος (el) m (díglossos)
• Hungarian: kétnyelvű (hu)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Icelandic: tveggja mála, tvímála
• Ido: bilingua (io)
• Irish: dátheangach
• Japanese: ^{(please verify)} 二言語で書かれた (にげんごでかかれた, ni gengo de kakareta)
• Korean: ^{(please verify)} 두 나라말로 쓰인 (du naramallo ssuin)
• Macedonian: двоја́зичен m (dvojázičen)
• Malay: dwibahasa
• Manx: daa-hengagh
• Pashto: دوه ژبی (ps) (dwa žëbay)
• Persian: دوزبانه (fa)
• Portuguese: bilíngue (pt), bilingue (pt) m or f
• Romanian: bilingv (ro) m or n, bilingvă f
• Russian: двуязы́чный (ru) (dvujazýčnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: dà-chànanach, dà-theangach
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: двојѐзичан

  Roman: dvojèzičan (sh)

• Spanish: bilingüe (es)
• Tagalog: dalwika
• Welsh: dwyieithog (cy)

See also

• biliterate
• biscriptal
• sesquilingual

Noun

bilingual (plural bilinguals)

1. A person who is able to use two languages.

Translations

a person who is bilingual

• Basque: elebidun (eu)
• Catalan: bilingüe m or f
• Chinese:

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

• Dutch: tweetalige (nl)
• Esperanto: dulingvano, dulingvulo
• Finnish: kaksikielinen (fi)
• Galician: bilingüe m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• 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 tsūjita hito))
• Korean: 두 개 국어를 말하는 사람 (du gae gugeoreul malhaneun saram) (두 個 國語를 말하는 사람 (du gae gugeoreul malhaneun saram))
• Manx: daa-hengagh m
• Portuguese: bilíngue (pt) m or f, diglota m or f
• Spanish: bilingüe (es) m or f

Further reading

• bilingual on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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German

Etymology

bi- +‎ lingual

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Adjective

bilingual (not comparable)

1. bilingual