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: أحادي اللغة ('uHaadiy al-lugha)
• Basque: elebakar (eu)
• Catalan: monolingüe, unilingüe
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 單語, 单语 (dānyǔ)

• Czech: jednojazyčný
• Dutch: eentalig
• 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
• Norwegian: ettspråklig
• Persian: تک‌زبانه, یک‌زبانه
• Portuguese: monolíngue
• Russian: одноязычный (ru) (odnojazýčnyj), (sometimes, seldom) моноязычный (monojazyčnyj),
• Spanish: monolingüe (es)