bilingual

• bi-lingual (rare)

From Latin bilinguis +‎ -al; equivalent to bi- +‎ lingual.

• IPA^(key): /baɪˈlɪŋ.ɡwəl/, /baɪˈlɪŋ.ɡju.əl/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɪŋɡwəl, -ɪŋɡjuəl

bilingual (not comparable)

1. Having the ability to speak two languages fluently.

   Synonyms: diglot, two-tongued

   Hypernym: multilingual

   • 1998, Bruce Fife, The Birthday Party Business, →ISBN, page 176:

     Since she is bilingual she has them written in both English and Spanish.

2. Spoken or written in two different languages.

   Hypernym: multilingual

   a bilingual dictionary

   • 2020 December 30, Paul Stephen, “Chirk station is truly blooming”, in Rail, page 48:

     All signage in and around the station is bilingual in Welsh and English, while station announcements and passenger information screens provide real-time information.

3. Characterized by the use or presence of two languages.

   Hypernym: multilingual

   bilingual education

   • 2018 December 12, Cleve R. Wootson Jr., “Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s new favorite pastime appears to be trolling conservative critics”, in The Washington Post‎^[1]:

     Ocasio-Cortez’s trolling went bilingual in November when a Fox News show, “The Story,” had a prime-time discussion about Ocasio-Cortez’s shoes, including an acknowledgment that the network spent a lot of time talking about a woman who had not even been sworn into Congress yet.

• two-tongued

• → Japanese: バイリンガル (bairingaru)
• → Polish: bilingwalny

• biliterate
• biscriptal
• sesquilingual

bilingual (plural bilinguals)

1. A person who is able to use two languages.

• bilingual on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

bi- +‎ lingual

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bilingual (strong nominative masculine singular bilingualer, not comparable)

1. bilingual

   Synonym: zweisprachig

• “bilingual” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “bilingual” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon