bilingual

«bilingual» in Mova's school dictionary: Able to speak two languages well: «a bilingual child» — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (bilingual); noun (a bilingual, bilinguals — rare)

meaning for a pupil

1) Able to speak two languages well: «a bilingual child». tree →

2) Written or spoken in two languages: «a bilingual dictionary», «bilingual signs». tree →

sense in the lessons

In language lessons and everyday life, many children are bilingual: they speak one language at home and another at school. In Canada signs are bilingual (English and French), in Wales (English and Welsh), in Ireland (English and Irish). Being bilingual is a skill, not a problem. Related: monolingual (one), trilingual (three), multilingual (many).

examples

• My friend is bilingual in English and Polish. tree →
• Road signs in Wales are bilingual. tree →
• Canada has a bilingual government. tree →
• I used a bilingual dictionary in French class. tree →
• Bilingual children often switch languages in one sentence. tree →
• Our school newsletter is bilingual. tree →

note

bi- means two (bicycle, biannual). Say «by-LING-gwul». Myth: learning two languages does not confuse children; most become fluent in both. Noun: bilingualism.

In the corpora

• Many people in the world grow up bilingual (speaking two languages) or multilingual (speaking several).

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «bilingual» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.