monolingual

English

Etymology

mono- +‎ lingual

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪŋɡwəl

Adjective

monolingual (comparative more monolingual, superlative most monolingual)

1. Knowing or using a single language.

Synonyms

• unilingual

Antonyms

• multilingual
• plurilingual

Translations

only knowing or spoken in one language

• Albanian: njëgjuhësh
• Arabic: أُحَادِي اَللُّغَة‏‎ (ʾuḥādī l-luḡa)
• Basque: elebakar (eu)
• Catalan: monolingüe, unilingüe
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 單語, 单语 (dānyǔ)

• Czech: jednojazyčný
• Danish: ensproget
• Dutch: eentalig (nl)
• Estonian: ühekeelne
• Finnish: yksikielinen (fi)
• French: monolingue (fr)
• Galician: monolingüe, unilingüe
• Georgian: ერთენოვანი (ertenovani), მონოლინგვური (monolingvuri)
• German: einsprachig (de)

• Icelandic: eintyngdur m, einmálga
• Irish: aonteangach
• Japanese: 単一言語 (たんいつげんご, tanitsugengo)
• Macedonian: еднојазичен m (ednojázičen)
• Malay: ekabahasa
• Manx: un-çhengagh
• Maori: reo tōtahi
• Norwegian: ettspråklig
• Persian: تک‌زبانه‏‎, یک‌زبانه‏‎
• Portuguese: monolíngue
• Russian: одноязы́чный (ru) (odnojazýčnyj), (sometimes, seldom) моноязычный (ru) (monojazyčnyj),
• Spanish: monolingüe (es)
• Swedish: enspråkig
• Tagalog: sanwika

Noun

monolingual (plural monolinguals)

1. A person who knows or uses only a single language; a monoglot.