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

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
• Dutch: eentalig (nl)
• Estonian: ühekeelne
• Finnish: yksikielinen (fi)
• French: monolingue (fr)
• 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)
• 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.