bilingual
able to speak two languages with the facility of a native speaker.
spoken, written, or containing similar information in two different languages: a bilingual dictionary; Public notices at the embassy are bilingual.
of, involving, or using two languages: a bilingual community; bilingual schools.
a bilingual person.
Origin of bilingual
1Other words from bilingual
- bi·lin·gual·ly, adverb
Words Nearby bilingual
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How to use bilingual in a sentence
For example, children who grew up in a bilingual household may be able to pay attention to and process more of the world around them, allowing them to notice changes in their environment more quickly.
Learning a second language early might have ripple effects throughout your life | Rahul Rao | February 9, 2021 | Popular-ScienceNetflix, whose first exclusive offering, in 2012, was the bilingual Norwegian import Lilyhammer, is currently available in more than 190 countries.
The Best Result of the Streaming Boom? America Finally Loves Foreign-Language TV | Judy Berman | January 22, 2021 | TimeThe clerk, who is bilingual, also reads the comments written in Spanish.
Chula Vista Police Chief Says She Didn’t Know Department Shared Data With Feds | Gustavo Solis | January 20, 2021 | Voice of San DiegoLa Prensa, a bilingual newspaper, reported last month on the Urban Area Working Group’s existence, estimating that it had divvied up hundreds of millions of dollars since its formation in 2008.
Council Unknowingly OK’d Surveillance Gear for Secretive Police Group | Jesse Marx | January 13, 2021 | Voice of San DiegoWe are bilingual, so there aren’t any language barriers to learning or curiosity.
Meet Four Craft Chocolate Makers Decolonizing the Industry | Jinji Fraser | October 22, 2020 | Eater
The scenes in Tokyo were filmed with the help of a bilingual Japanese crew.
She Thought ‘Fargo’ Was Real: The Misguided Voyage of ‘Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter’ | Nico Hines | February 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTShe could hardly speak English, but she made up bilingual jokes.
Mel Brooks Is Always Funny and Often Wise in This 1975 Playboy Interview | Alex Belth | February 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAlmost to a person, the French who are bilingual credit English-language television with their success.
Access to new information—literary or political—is one advantage of becoming functionally bilingual, but it is not the main one.
Why I’ve Learned Many Languages by Aravind Adiga | Aravind Adiga | February 19, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd this is the best reason for a writer to become bilingual: to discover what English can do that no other language on earth can.
Why I’ve Learned Many Languages by Aravind Adiga | Aravind Adiga | February 19, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTIn the bilingual legend of the Creation, Nippur seems to be regarded as a very old city.
Sumerian Hymns | Frederick Augustus VanderburghThe invasion of Bohemian workmen has virtually rendered bilingual every such Germanized district where industrialism flourishes.
Bohemia under Hapsburg Misrule | VariousOne of the first acts of the new count was to secure Artois, thus reconstituting the bilingual Flanders of the previous century.
Belgium | Emile CammaertsGreek was the language of the government and of trade, and in a measure the Jews were a bilingual people.
The Life of Jesus of Nazareth | Rush RheesIt may be assumed that, at the end of the eleventh century, the majority of the aristocracy was bilingual.
Belgium | Emile Cammaerts
British Dictionary definitions for bilingual
/ (baɪˈlɪŋɡwəl) /
able to speak two languages, esp with fluency
written or expressed in two languages
a bilingual person
Derived forms of bilingual
- bilingualism, noun
- bilingually, adverb
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