monolingualism

English

Etymology

From monolingual +‎ -ism.

Noun

monolingualism (countable and uncountable, plural monolingualisms)

1. The condition of being monolingual; the ability to speak only a single language.

Synonyms

• monoglottism
• unilingualism

Related terms

• sesquilingualism
• bilingualism
• trilingualism
• multilingualism

Translations

condition of being able to speak only a single language

• Azerbaijani: təkdillilik, birdillilik
• Catalan: monolingüisme m, unilingüisme m
• Danish: ensprogethed c
• French: monolinguisme (fr) m, unilinguisme (fr) m
• Galician: monolingüismo m
• German: Einsprachigkeit (de) f, Monolingualität f, Monolingualismus (de) m, Monolinguismus m
• Hungarian: egynyelvűség
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• Italian: monolinguismo m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: enspråklighet (no) m or f

  Nynorsk: einspråklegheit f, eittspråklegheit f

• Portuguese: monolinguismo
• Spanish: monolingüismo m
• Swedish: enspråkighet c
• Turkish: tekdillilik (tr)