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BNC: 44195 COCA: 32135

monolingual

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monolingual /ˌmɑːnəˈlɪŋgwəl/ adjective
monolingual
/ˌmɑːnəˈlɪŋgwəl/
adjective
Learner's definition of MONOLINGUAL
: able to speak and understand only one language只会一种语言的
: using or expressed in only one language单语的
compare bilingual, multilingual
BNC: 44195 COCA: 32135

monolingual

adjective

mono·​lin·​gual ˌmä-nə-ˈliŋ-gwəl How to pronounce monolingual (audio)
ˌmō-,
-ˈliŋ-gyə-wəl
: having or using only one language
monolingual noun

Example Sentences

He regrets being monolingual and wishes he were bilingual.
Recent Examples on the Web Many street vendors are undocumented, monolingual businesspeople who might not be familiar with their 1st Amendment rights in the United States, Jimenez said. Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2022 Her parents, who had grown up bilingual in Hebrew and Spanish, respectively, and who each spoke their own native language with their older daughter Estie, were given strict instructions to create a monolingual environment for their second child. Sonja Sharpstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2022 The polling company did not offer the questions in Spanish, saying the monolingual Spanish-speaking electorate is estimated to be very small for the June primary. Heather Knight, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Mar. 2022 San Diego County had 8,400 bilingual or monolingual Russian speakers in 2011, according to county demographic data. Merrie Monteagudo, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2022 Most of the participants were low-income, monolingual Korean, Japanese or Chinese American senior citizens, Lee said. Chris Kuo, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2021 Current ideas about the bilingual brain suggest that both languages are always accessible, even when the bilingual person is speaking with a monolingual person. Daisy Yuhas, Scientific American, 30 Nov. 2021 Any early expectations of a monolingual internet fizzled out well over a decade ago. Nick Ustinov, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2021 For The Times) The Laotian community in California is not large enough to support newspapers or television news programs in Lao, leaving monolingual immigrants especially isolated. Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2021 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1879, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of monolingual was in 1879
BNC: 44195 COCA: 32135

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