Foundation level · Year 4 · free
bilingual
adjective · Say it: by-LING-gwuhl
What it means
Foundationable to speak two languages very well
Priya is bilingual because she speaks English at school and Punjabi at home.
Similar and opposite words
Synonyms (similar meaning)
- two-language
Antonyms (opposite meaning)
- monolingual
More examples
- The signs in Wales are bilingual, written in Welsh and English.
Where the word comes from
From Latin 'bi', meaning two, and 'lingua', meaning tongue or language.
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