Meaning

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

    билингвbilingv

    a person who speaks two languages fluently

  2. An inscription that includes the same text in two languages.

Examples

94 sentences
  1. Tom told me he was bilingual.

    Том мені сказав, що він двомовний. — deniko

  2. I don't think Tom is bilingual.

    Я не думаю, що Том — білінгв. — deniko

  3. Tom told me that he was bilingual.

    Том мені сказав, що він двомовний. — deniko

  4. I don't think that Tom is bilingual.

    Я не думаю, що Том — білінгв. — deniko

  5. I grew up bilingual.

    Я виріс у двомовному середовищі. — deniko

    ruЯ вырос в двуязычной среде. — odexed

    deIch bin zweisprachig aufgewachsen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
a person who is bilingual:

Origin

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

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

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Forms

plural: bilinguals

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a person who speaks two languages fluently:bilingualist

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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