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Monolingual Common

Origin: Greek prefix mono-

Monolingual has 4 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Adjective

Definitions
Noun
1

a person who knows only one language

2

a person who knows or uses only a single language; a monoglot

Adjective
1

using or knowing only one language

"monolingual speakers"

"a monolingual dictionary"

2

Knowing or using a single language; written or spoken in a single language.

See Also
monolingually monoglot polyglot monoliterate quadrilingual using intralingual trilingual
Related Terms
Antonyms
multilingual
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
person
Rhyming Words
qual dual equal joual usual manual casual sexual vidual ritual nahual annual arcual nagual genual mutual ungual actual bidual visual
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