"monolingual" meaning in English

See monolingual in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more monolingual [comparative], most monolingual [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɪŋɡwəl Etymology: From mono- + lingual. Etymology templates: {{af|en|mono-|lingual}} mono- + lingual Head templates: {{en-adj}} monolingual (comparative more monolingual, superlative most monolingual)
  1. Knowing or using a single language; written or spoken in a single language. Categories (topical): Language Synonyms: unilingual Translations (only knowing or spoken in one language): njëgjuhësh (Albanian), أُحَادِي اَللُّغَة (ʔuḥādī l-luḡa) (Arabic), ܚܕܵܢܵܝ ܠܸܫܵܢܵܐ (ḥdānāy liššānā) [masculine] (Assyrian Neo-Aramaic), ܚܕܵܢܵܝܲܬ ܠܸܫܵܢܵܐ (ḥdānāyat liššānā) [feminine] (Assyrian Neo-Aramaic), təkdilli (Azerbaijani), elebakar (Basque), unyezhek (Breton), monolingüe (Catalan), unilingüe (Catalan), 單語 (Chinese Mandarin), 单语 (dānyǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), jednojazyčný (Czech), ensproget (Danish), eentalig (Dutch), ühekeelne (Estonian), yksikielinen (Finnish), monolingue (French), unilingue [feminine, masculine] (French), monolingüe (Galician), unilingüe (Galician), ერთენოვანი (ertenovani) (Georgian), მონოლინგვური (monolingvuri) (Georgian), einsprachig (German), monolingual (German), μονόγλωσσος (monóglossos) (Greek), एकभाषी (ekbhāṣī) (Hindi), eintyngdur (Icelandic), einmálga (Icelandic), monolingue (Interlingua), aonteangach (Irish), 単一言語 (tanitsugengo) (alt: たんいつげんご) (Japanese), едноја́зичен (ednojázičen) [masculine] (Macedonian), ekabahasa (Malay), un-çhengagh (Manx), reo tōtahi (Maori), ettspråklig (Norwegian), تکزبانه (Persian), یکزبانه (Persian), jednojęzyczny (Polish), monolíngue (Portuguese), monolingv (Romanian), unilingv (Romanian), одноязы́чный (odnojazýčnyj) (Russian), моноязычный (monojazyčnyj) (english: seldom) [sometimes] (Russian), monolingüe (Spanish), enspråkig (Swedish), sanwika (Tagalog), одномо́вний (odnomóvnyj) (Ukrainian)
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Noun

Forms: monolinguals [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪŋɡwəl Etymology: From mono- + lingual. Etymology templates: {{af|en|mono-|lingual}} mono- + lingual Head templates: {{en-noun}} monolingual (plural monolinguals)
  1. a person who knows or uses only a single language; a monoglot Categories (topical): Language, People
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          "word": "reo tōtahi"
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          "sense": "only knowing or spoken in one language",
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          "sense": "only knowing or spoken in one language",
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          "sense": "only knowing or spoken in one language",
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      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a person who knows or uses only a single language; a monoglot"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "monoglot",
          "monoglot"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪŋɡwəl"
    }
  ],
  "word": "monolingual"
}

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