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"sense": "only knowing or spoken in one language",
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},
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"sense": "only knowing or spoken in one language",
"word": "reo tōtahi"
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"sense": "only knowing or spoken in one language",
"word": "ettspråklig"
},
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"sense": "only knowing or spoken in one language",
"word": "تکزبانه"
},
{
"code": "fa",
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"sense": "only knowing or spoken in one language",
"word": "یکزبانه"
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"code": "sq",
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"sense": "only knowing or spoken in one language",
"word": "njëgjuhësh"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʔuḥādī l-luḡa",
"sense": "only knowing or spoken in one language",
"word": "أُحَادِي اَللُّغَة"
},
{
"code": "aii",
"lang": "Assyrian Neo-Aramaic",
"roman": "ḥdānāy liššānā",
"sense": "only knowing or spoken in one language",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ܚܕܵܢܵܝ ܠܸܫܵܢܵܐ"
},
{
"code": "aii",
"lang": "Assyrian Neo-Aramaic",
"roman": "ḥdānāyat liššānā",
"sense": "only knowing or spoken in one language",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ܚܕܵܢܵܝܲܬ ܠܸܫܵܢܵܐ"
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"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "only knowing or spoken in one language",
"word": "təkdilli"
},
{
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "only knowing or spoken in one language",
"word": "elebakar"
},
{
"code": "br",
"lang": "Breton",
"sense": "only knowing or spoken in one language",
"word": "unyezhek"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "only knowing or spoken in one language",
"word": "monolingüe"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "only knowing or spoken in one language",
"word": "unilingüe"
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "only knowing or spoken in one language",
"word": "單語"
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "dānyǔ",
"sense": "only knowing or spoken in one language",
"word": "单语"
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{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "only knowing or spoken in one language",
"word": "jednojazyčný"
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{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "only knowing or spoken in one language",
"word": "ensproget"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "only knowing or spoken in one language",
"word": "eentalig"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "only knowing or spoken in one language",
"word": "ühekeelne"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "only knowing or spoken in one language",
"word": "yksikielinen"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "only knowing or spoken in one language",
"word": "monolingue"
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{
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"code": "gl",
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"sense": "only knowing or spoken in one language",
"word": "monolingüe"
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"code": "gl",
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"sense": "only knowing or spoken in one language",
"word": "unilingüe"
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{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ertenovani",
"sense": "only knowing or spoken in one language",
"word": "ერთენოვანი"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "monolingvuri",
"sense": "only knowing or spoken in one language",
"word": "მონოლინგვური"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "only knowing or spoken in one language",
"word": "einsprachig"
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"sense": "only knowing or spoken in one language",
"word": "μονόγλωσσος"
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"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "ekbhāṣī",
"sense": "only knowing or spoken in one language",
"word": "एकभाषी"
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"code": "is",
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"sense": "only knowing or spoken in one language",
"word": "eintyngdur"
},
{
"code": "is",
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"sense": "only knowing or spoken in one language",
"word": "einmálga"
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"word": "aonteangach"
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"alt": "たんいつげんご",
"code": "ja",
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"roman": "tanitsugengo",
"sense": "only knowing or spoken in one language",
"word": "単一言語"
},
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"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "ednojázičen",
"sense": "only knowing or spoken in one language",
"tags": [
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"word": "едноја́зичен"
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{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "only knowing or spoken in one language",
"word": "ekabahasa"
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{
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "only knowing or spoken in one language",
"word": "un-çhengagh"
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "only knowing or spoken in one language",
"word": "reo tōtahi"
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{
"code": "no",
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"sense": "only knowing or spoken in one language",
"word": "ettspråklig"
},
{
"code": "fa",
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"sense": "only knowing or spoken in one language",
"word": "تکزبانه"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"sense": "only knowing or spoken in one language",
"word": "یکزبانه"
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"word": "jednojęzyczny"
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{
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "odnojazýčnyj",
"sense": "only knowing or spoken in one language",
"word": "одноязы́чный"
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"sense": "only knowing or spoken in one language",
"word": "enspråkig"
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"code": "tl",
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"sense": "only knowing or spoken in one language",
"word": "sanwika"
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{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "odnomóvnyj",
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"word": "одномо́вний"
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"English nouns",
"English terms prefixed with mono-",
"Rhymes:English/ɪŋɡwəl",
"Rhymes:English/ɪŋɡwəl/4 syllables",
"en:Language",
"en:People"
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "mono-",
"3": "lingual"
},
"expansion": "mono- + lingual",
"name": "af"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From mono- + lingual.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "monolinguals",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "monolingual (plural monolinguals)",
"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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