bilingual
adjective
uk/baɪˈlɪŋ.ɡwəl/us/baɪˈlɪŋ.ɡwəl/C1
ableto use twolanguagesequallywell:
They areraisingbilingualchildren.
He is bilingualinMandarinandEnglish.
Sheworksas a bilingualsecretaryfor aninsurancecompany.她在一家保险公司担任双语秘书。
(of agrouporplace) using twolanguagesasmainlanguages:
Somecitiessuch as Fribourg are bilingual.
Canada is a bilingualcountry, withnearlyone-third ofitspopulationofFrenchorigin.
written,createdor done using twolanguages:
a bilingualdictionary双语词典
Hiswebsiteis bilingual.
Thesechildrenhave had a bilingualeducation.
Compare
monolingual
multilingual
trilingual
- Thereportrecommendsthat thebankhiresmore bilingualstaff.
- Weestimatethathalfthe world'spopulationis bilingual.
- Here in Montreal we are in atrulybilingualarea.
- She is theeditorof the bilingualanthology"The Voices of Hope/Las Voces de la Esperanza".
- Bilingualeducationincludesavarietyofstrategiesfor using a student'snativelanguageinadditiontoEnglish.
- Theywantedtolauncha bilingualnewspaper.
Using other languages
- Anglocentric
- Anglocentrism
- anglophone
- bilingualism
- biliterate
- code switch
- linguist
- monolingual
- native speaker
- non-native
- non-native speaker
- non-speaker
- pinyin
- polyglot
- render
- rendering
- signer
- speaker
- target language
- translator
bilingual
noun[C]
uk/baɪˈlɪŋ.ɡwəl/us/baɪˈlɪŋ.ɡwəl/apersonwhospeakstwolanguagesequallywell:
Thephonelineswill bestaffedby bilinguals.
- Studies show that bilinguals arebetterat problem-solving.
- Theseversatilebilinguals arehighlysignificantfor thefutureof theEnglishlanguage.
- We shallstudytwogroupsof bilingualchildrenin the UK: Welsh-English bilinguals in Gwynedd andPunjabibilinguals in Lancashire.
- It'sinterestingtoexplorewhether or notemotioniscodeddifferentlyin a bilingual's twolanguages.
Using other languages
- Anglocentric
- Anglocentrism
- anglophone
- bilingualism
- biliterate
- code switch
- linguist
- monolingual
- native speaker
- non-native
- non-native speaker
- non-speaker
- pinyin
- polyglot
- render
- rendering
- signer
- speaker
- target language
- translator