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• /baɪˈlɪŋ.ɡwəl/
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• /baɪˈlɪŋ.ɡju.əl/
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• rhymes with -ɪŋɡwəl
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• rhymes with -ɪŋɡjuəl
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From Latin bilinguis + -al; equivalent to bi- + lingual.

156 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: tweetalig — speaking two languages
• Albanian: dygjuhësh — speaking two languages
• Arabic: ثُنَائِي اَللُّغَة (ṯunāʔī l-luḡa) — speaking two languages
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܬܪܲܝܵܢܵܝ ܠܸܫܵܢܹ̈ܐ (trayyānāy liššānē) — speaking two languages
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܬܪܲܝܵܢܵܝܲܬ ܠܸܫܵܢܹ̈ܐ (trayyānāyat liššānē) — speaking two languages
• Armenian: երկլեզու (erklezu) — speaking two languages
• Asturian: billingüe — speaking two languages
• Azerbaijani: ikidilli — speaking two languages
• Basque: elebidun — speaking two languages
• Belarusian: двухмо́ўны (dvuxmówny) — speaking two languages
• Belarusian: дзвюхмо́ўны (dzvjuxmówny) — speaking two languages
• Bengali: দ্বিভাষিক (dibhaśik) — speaking two languages
• Breton: divyezhek — speaking two languages
• Bulgarian: двуезичен (dvuezičen) — speaking two languages
• Catalan: bilingüe — speaking two languages
• Chinese Mandarin: 雙語 /双语 (shuāngyǔ) — speaking two languages
• Czech: bilingvní — speaking two languages
• Czech: dvojjazyčný — speaking two languages
• Danish: tosproget — speaking two languages
• Danish: tvesproget — speaking two languages
• Dutch: tweetalig — speaking two languages
• Esperanto: dulingva — speaking two languages
• Estonian: kakskeelne — speaking two languages
• Finnish: kaksikielinen — speaking two languages
• French: bilingue — speaking two languages
• Galician: bilingüe — speaking two languages
• Georgian: ორენოვანი (orenovani) — speaking two languages
• Georgian: ორენიანი (oreniani) — speaking two languages
• German: zweisprachig — speaking two languages
• German: bilingual — speaking two languages
• Greek: δίγλωσσος (díglossos) — speaking two languages
• Hebrew: דו־לשוני — speaking two languages
• Hindi: द्विभाषी (dvibhāṣī) — speaking two languages
• Hungarian: bilingvis — speaking two languages
• Hungarian: kétnyelvű — speaking two languages
• Icelandic: tvítyngdur — speaking two languages
• Ido: bilingua — speaking two languages
• Interlingua: bilingue — speaking two languages
• Irish: dátheangach — speaking two languages
• Italian: bilingue — speaking two languages
• Japanese: バイリンガルの (bairingaru no) — speaking two languages
• Khmer: ឧភយពាក្យ (u’phea’yea’ piek) — speaking two languages
• Khmer: ពីរភាសា (pii phiesaa) — speaking two languages
• Latin: bilinguis — speaking two languages
• Macedonian: двоја́зичен (dvojázičen) — speaking two languages
• Manx: daa-hengagh — speaking two languages
• Māori: reorua — speaking two languages
• Navajo: saad naaki yidiitsʼaʼ — speaking two languages
• Norwegian Bokmål: bilingv — speaking two languages
• Norwegian Bokmål: bilingval — speaking two languages
• Norwegian Bokmål: tospråklig — speaking two languages
• Norwegian Nynorsk: bilingv — speaking two languages
• Norwegian Nynorsk: bilingval — speaking two languages
• Norwegian Nynorsk: tospråkleg — speaking two languages
• Pashto: دوه ژبی (dwa žëbay) — speaking two languages
• Persian: دوزبانه — speaking two languages
• Polish: dwujęzyczny — speaking two languages
• Polish: bilingwalny — speaking two languages
• Portuguese: bilíngue — speaking two languages
• Portuguese: bilingue — speaking two languages
• Romanian: bilingv — speaking two languages
• Russian: двуязы́чный (dvujazýčnyj) — speaking two languages
• Scottish Gaelic: dà-chànanach — speaking two languages
• Scottish Gaelic: dà-theangach — speaking two languages
• Serbo-Croatian: двојѐзичан — speaking two languages
• Serbo-Croatian: би̏лингва̄лан — speaking two languages
• Serbo-Croatian: dvojèzičan — speaking two languages
• Serbo-Croatian: bȉlingvālan — speaking two languages
• Slovak: dvojjazyčný — speaking two languages
• Lower Sorbian: dwójorěcny — speaking two languages
• Lower Sorbian: dwójorěcnje — speaking two languages
• Upper Sorbian: dwurěčny — speaking two languages
• Upper Sorbian: dwojorěčny — speaking two languages
• Upper Sorbian: bilingualny — speaking two languages
• Spanish: bilingüe — speaking two languages
• Swedish: tvåspråkig — speaking two languages
• Tagalog: dalwika — speaking two languages
• Thai: สองภาษา — speaking two languages
• Tibetan: སྐད་གཉིས་སྨྲ་བ། (skad gnyis smra ba) — speaking two languages
• Ukrainian: двомо́вний (dvomóvnyj) — speaking two languages
• Vietnamese: song ngữ — speaking two languages
• Welsh: dwyieithog — speaking two languages
• Yiddish: צוויישפּראַכיק (tsveyshprakhik) — speaking two languages
• Arabic: ثُنَائِي اَللُّغَة (ṯunāʔī l-luḡa) — written in two languages
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܬܪܲܝܵܢܵܝ ܠܸܫܵܢܹ̈ܐ (trayyānāy liššānē) — written in two languages
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܬܪܲܝܵܢܲܬ ܠܸܫܵܢܹ̈ܐ (trayyānat liššānē) — written in two languages
• Armenian: երկլեզու (erklezu) — written in two languages
• Asturian: billingüe — written in two languages
• Azerbaijani: ikidilli — written in two languages
• Basque: elebidun — written in two languages
• Bengali: দ্বিভাষিক (dibhaśik) — written in two languages
• Breton: divyezhek — written in two languages
• Bulgarian: двуезичен (dvuezičen) — written in two languages
• Catalan: bilingüe — written in two languages
• Chinese Mandarin: 雙語 /双语 (shuāngyǔ) — written in two languages
• Czech: dvojjazyčný — written in two languages
• Danish: tosproget — written in two languages
• Danish: tvesproget — written in two languages
• Dutch: tweetalig — written in two languages
• Esperanto: dulingva — written in two languages
• Estonian: kakskeelne — written in two languages
• Finnish: kaksikielinen — written in two languages
• Galician: bilingüe — written in two languages
• Georgian: ორენოვანი (orenovani) — written in two languages
• Georgian: ბილინგვური (bilingvuri) — written in two languages
• German: zweisprachig — written in two languages
• Greek: δίγλωσσος (díglossos) — written in two languages
• Hindi: द्विभाषी (dvibhāṣī) — written in two languages
• Hungarian: kétnyelvű — written in two languages
• Icelandic: tveggja mála — written in two languages
• Icelandic: tvímála — written in two languages
• Ido: bilingua — written in two languages
• Interlingua: bilingue — written in two languages
• Irish: dátheangach — written in two languages
• Italian: bilingue — written in two languages
• Macedonian: двоја́зичен (dvojázičen) — written in two languages
• Malay: dwibahasa — written in two languages
• Manx: daa-hengagh — written in two languages
• Māori: reorua — written in two languages
• Pashto: دوه ژبی (dwa žëbay) — written in two languages
• Persian: دوزبانه — written in two languages
• Polish: dwujęzyczny — written in two languages
• Portuguese: bilíngue — written in two languages
• Portuguese: bilingue — written in two languages
• Romanian: bilingv — written in two languages
• Russian: двуязы́чный (dvujazýčnyj) — written in two languages
• Scottish Gaelic: dà-chànanach — written in two languages
• Scottish Gaelic: dà-theangach — written in two languages
• Serbo-Croatian: двојѐзичан — written in two languages
• Serbo-Croatian: dvojèzičan — written in two languages
• Spanish: bilingüe — written in two languages
• Tagalog: dalwika — written in two languages
• Thai: สองภาษา — written in two languages
• Vietnamese: song ngữ — written in two languages
• Welsh: dwyieithog — written in two languages
• Yiddish: צוויישפּראַכיק (tsveyshprakhik) — written in two languages
• Basque: elebidun — a person who is bilingual
• Catalan: bilingüe — a person who is bilingual
• Chinese Mandarin: 會雙語的人 /会双语的人 (huì shuāngyǔ de rén) — a person who is bilingual
• Dutch: tweetalige — a person who is bilingual
• Esperanto: dulingvano — a person who is bilingual
• Esperanto: dulingvulo — a person who is bilingual
• Finnish: kaksikielinen — a person who is bilingual
• Galician: bilingüe — a person who is bilingual
• Hungarian: kétnyelvű — a person who is bilingual
• Japanese: 二言語に通じた人 — a person who is bilingual
• Korean: 두 개(個) 국어(國語)를 말하는 사람 (du gae gugeo-reul malhaneun saram) — a person who is bilingual
• Manx: daa-hengagh — a person who is bilingual
• Polish: dwujęzykowiec — a person who is bilingual
• Polish: bilingwista — a person who is bilingual
• Portuguese: bilíngue — a person who is bilingual
• Portuguese: diglota — a person who is bilingual
• Romanian: bilingv — a person who is bilingual
• Romanian: bilingvă — a person who is bilingual
• Russian: билингв (bilingv) — a person who is bilingual
• Spanish: bilingüe — a person who is bilingual