monolingual
A person who knows or uses only a single languageA person who knows or uses only a single language; a monoglot
» This is the most comprehensive monolingual dictionary.
Это самый полный одноязычный словарь. — Wezel
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1 sensesA person who knows or uses only a single language; a monoglot
a person who knows only one language
Examples
11 sentencesThis is the most comprehensive monolingual dictionary.
ruЭто самый полный одноязычный словарь. — Wezel
It's important to only use a monolingual dictionary.
I hope our world won't become monolingual, monocultural, monochrome.
deHoffentlich wird unsere Welt nie einsprachig, monokulturell und einfarbig werden. — raggione
"Don't think in your native tongue," said the monolingual Tom.
If we lived in a monolingual world, it would be a nightmare.
Forms
plural: monolinguals| Singular | monolingual |
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See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary 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.