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Bilingual

Bi-lin′gual

,

Adj.

[L.

bilinguis

;

bis

twice +

lingua

tongue, language.]

Containing, or consisting of, two languages; expressed in two languages;

as, a

bilingual

inscription; a

bilingual

dictionary

.

–

Bi-lin′gual-ly

,

adv.

Definition 2024

bilingual

bilingual

See also: bi-lingual

English

Alternative forms

bi-lingual

Adjective

bilingual ‎(not comparable)

Having the ability to speak two languages

1998, Fife, Bruce, The Birthday Party Business, ISBN 0-941-59927-2, page 176:
Since she is bilingual she has them written in both English and Spanish.
Spoken or written in two different languages
a bilingual dictionary
Characterized by the use or presence of two languages
bilingual education

Derived terms

Synonyms

diglot

See also

biscriptal

Translations

speaking two languages

Afrikaans: Template:tweetalig
Albanian: dygjuhësh (sq)
Arabic: ثُنَائِي اَللُّغَة ‎(ṯunāʾī l-luḡa)
Asturian: billingüe
Basque: elebidun (eu)
Bengali: দ্বিভাষিক ‎(dbibhaṣik)
Breton: divyezhek (br)
Bulgarian: двуезичен ‎(dvuezičen)
Catalan: bilingüe
Chinese:
Mandarin: 雙語 (zh), 双语 (zh) ‎(shuāngyǔ)
Danish: tosproget
Dutch: tweetalig (nl)
Esperanto: dulingva
Estonian: kakskeelne
Finnish: kaksikielinen (fi)
French: bilingue (fr)
Galician: bilingüe
Georgian: ორენოვანი ‎(orenovani), ორენიანი ‎(oreniani)
German: zweisprachig (de), bilingual (de)
Greek: δίγλωσσος (el) m ‎(díglossos)
Hebrew: דו-לשוני
Hungarian: bilingvis, kétnyelvű (hu)
Icelandic: tvítyngdur
Ido: bilingua (io)
Irish: dátheangach
Italian: bilingue (it)

Japanese: 二言語を自由に話せる (にげんごをじゆうにはなせる, ni gengo o jiyūni hanaseru), バイリンガルの (ja) ‎(bairingaru no)
Khmer: ឧភយពាក្យ ‎(u’pʰea’yea’ piek), ពីរភាសា ‎(pii pʰiesaa)
Korean: 두 개 국어 를 말하는 (두 個國語 를 말하는, du gae gugeoreul malhaneun)
Macedonian: двојазичен m ‎(dvojázičen)
Manx: daa-hengagh
Navajo: saad naaki yidiitsʼaʼ
Norwegian:

Bokmål: bilingv, bilingval, tospråklig

Nynorsk: bilingv, bilingval, tospråkleg
Pashto: دوه ژبی (ps) ‎(dwa žëbay)
Persian: دوزبانه (fa)
Polish: dwujęzyczny (pl) m
Portuguese: bilíngue (pt)
Romanian: bilingv (ro) m, n, bilingvă f
Russian: двуязы́чный (ru) ‎(dvujazýčnyj)
Scottish Gaelic: dà-chànanach, dà-theangach
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: двојѐзичан, би̏лингва̄лан

Roman: dvojèzičan (sh), bȉlingvālan (sh)
Spanish: bilingüe (es)
Swedish: tvåspråkig (sv)
Tagalog: dalwika
Thai:
Vietnamese:
Welsh: dwyieithog (cy)

written in two languages

Arabic: ثُنَائِي اَللُّغَة ‎(ṯunāʾī l-luḡa)
Asturian: billingüe
Basque: elebidun (eu)
Bengali: দ্বিভাষিক ‎(dbibhaṣik)
Breton: divyezhek (br)
Bulgarian: двуезичен ‎(dvuezičen)
Catalan: bilingüe
Chinese:
Mandarin: 雙語 (zh), 双语 (zh) ‎(shuāngyǔ)
Czech: dvojjazyčný
Dutch: tweetalig (nl)
Esperanto: dulingva
Estonian: kakskeelne
Finnish: kaksikielinen (fi)
Galician: bilingüe
Georgian: ორენოვანი ‎(orenovani), ბილინგვური ‎(bilingvuri)
German: zweisprachig (de)
Greek: δίγλωσσος (el) m ‎(díglossos)
Hungarian: kétnyelvű (hu)

Icelandic: tveggja mála
Ido: bilingua (io)
Irish: dátheangach
Japanese: 二言語で書かれた (にげんごでかかれた, ni gengo de kakareta)
Korean: 두 나라말로 쓰인 (du naramallo ssuin)
Macedonian: двојазичен m ‎(dvojázičen)
Malay: dwibahasa
Manx: daa-hengagh
Pashto: دوه ژبی (ps) ‎(dwa žëbay)
Persian: دوزبانه (fa)
Portuguese: bilíngue (pt)
Romanian: bilingv (ro) m, n, bilingvă f
Russian: двуязы́чный (ru) ‎(dvujazýčnyj)
Scottish Gaelic: dà-chànanach, dà-theangach
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: двојѐзичан

Roman: dvojèzičan (sh)
Spanish: bilingüe (es)
Tagalog: dalwika
Welsh: dwyieithog (cy)

Noun

bilingual ‎(plural bilinguals)

A person who is able to use two languages.

Translations

a person who is bilingual

Basque: elebidun (eu)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 會雙語的人, 会双语的人 (huì shuāngyǔ de rén)
Dutch: tweetalige (nl)
Esperanto: dulingvano, dulingvulo
Finnish: kaksikielinen (fi)

Hungarian: kétnyelvű (hu)
Japanese: 二言語に通じた人 (にげんごにつうじたひと, ni gengo ni tūjita hito)
Korean: 두 개 국어 를 말하는 사람 (두 個國語 를 말하는 사람, du gae gugeoreul malhaneun saram)
Manx: daa-hengagh m
Portuguese: bilíngue (pt) m, f, diglota m, f