What does Bilingual mean?

Definitions for Bilingual
baɪˈlɪŋ gwəlbilin·gual

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. bilingual, bilingualistadjective

    a person who speaks two languages fluently

  2. bilingualadjective

    using or knowing two languages

    "bilingual education"

Wiktionary

  1. bilingualnoun

    A person who is bilingual.

  2. bilingualadjective

    Having the ability to speak two languages.

    bilingual education

  3. bilingualadjective

    Spoken or written in two different languages:

    a bilingual dictionary

Wikipedia

  1. bilingual

    Multilingualism is the use of more than one language, either by an individual speaker or by a group of speakers. It is believed that multilingual speakers outnumber monolingual speakers in the world's population. More than half of all Europeans claim to speak at least one language other than their mother tongue; but many read and write in one language. Multilingualism is advantageous for people wanting to participate in trade, globalization and cultural openness. Owing to the ease of access to information facilitated by the Internet, individuals' exposure to multiple languages has become increasingly possible. People who speak several languages are also called polyglots.Multilingual speakers have acquired and maintained at least one language during childhood, the so-called first language (L1). The first language (sometimes also referred to as the mother tongue) is usually acquired without formal education, by mechanisms about which scholars disagree. Children acquiring two languages natively from these early years are called simultaneous bilinguals. It is common for young simultaneous bilinguals to be more proficient in one language than the other.People who speak more than one language have been reported to be more adept at language learning compared to monolinguals.Multilingualism in computing can be considered part of a continuum between internationalization and localization. Due to the status of English in computing, software development nearly always uses it (but not in the case of non-English-based programming languages). Some commercial software is initially available in an English version, and multilingual versions, if any, may be produced as alternative options based on the English original.

ChatGPT

  1. bilingual

    Bilingual refers to a person who is fluent in two languages. It can also refer to the ability to speak, write, read or understand two languages proficiently. Additionally, it may refer to anything that occurs in two languages, such as bilingual education or a bilingual dictionary.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Bilingualadjective

    containing, or consisting of, two languages; expressed in two languages; as, a bilingual inscription; a bilingual dictionary

Wikidata

  1. Bilingual

    Bilingual is the tenth album by the English electronic duo Pet Shop Boys. It has sold about 1,000,000 albums world-wide.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Bilingual

    bī-ling′wal, adj. of or containing two tongues or languages.—Also Bilin′guar. [L. bilinguisbi-, twice, lingua, tongue.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Bilingual in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Bilingual in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of Bilingual in a Sentence

  1. De La Cruz:

    It was pretty tough – trying to find the right people that had the same vision that I had, that hopefully were from the district, that might be bilingual on top of that. Each person that we hired came with a very specific skill set that I felt would compliment my district.

  2. Tim Scott:

    When you fail Spanish and English, no one calls you bilingual, they call you bi-ignant, thank God for a powerful mom and amazing mentor who saw more in me than I could see in myself.

  3. Jeb Bush:

    Just for the record, yes, I'm bilingual. Yes, my wife is from Mexico. Yes, I love the Mexican culture. And yes, I'm an American and so is my wife and we have a set of shared values just like everybody else, there's no conflict there at all.

  4. Jeb Bush Junior:

    Trust me, i know the power of the immigrant experience because I live it each and every day. I know the immigrant experience because I married a beautiful girl from Mexico. My children are bicultural and bilingual.

  5. Kat West:

    Monning said. Compassion Choices, an assisted suicide advocacy group that pushed for the law, recently launched a bilingual campaign, a speaker's bureau and a free hotline for people who want more information. The group also has a confidential consultation program for doctors. The organization is sending out volunteers to saturate the state and get the word out, said Kat West, its national director of policy and programs. But there is a lot of work ahead, it is one thing to pass a law.

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