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The condition of being monolingual; the ability to speak only a single language.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *men-der. Proto-Hellenic *mónwos Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos) Ancient Greek μονο- (mono-)der. English mono- Latin linguālislbor. English lingual English monolingual Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English monolingualism From monolingual + -ism.
Across languages
Translations
31 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Azerbaijani:
təkdillilik
— condition of being able to speak only a single language
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Azerbaijani:
birdillilik
— condition of being able to speak only a single language
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Catalan:
monolingüisme
— condition of being able to speak only a single language
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Catalan:
unilingüisme
— condition of being able to speak only a single language
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Chinese Mandarin:
單語 /单语
(dānyǔ)
— condition of being able to speak only a single language
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Danish:
ensprogethed
— condition of being able to speak only a single language
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Dutch:
eentaligheid
— condition of being able to speak only a single language
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Finnish:
yksikielisyys
— condition of being able to speak only a single language
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French:
monolinguisme
— condition of being able to speak only a single language
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French:
unilinguisme
— condition of being able to speak only a single language
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Galician:
monolingüismo
— condition of being able to speak only a single language
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German:
Einsprachigkeit
— condition of being able to speak only a single language
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German:
Monolingualität
— condition of being able to speak only a single language
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German:
Monolingualismus
— condition of being able to speak only a single language
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German:
Monolinguismus
— condition of being able to speak only a single language
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Hungarian:
egynyelvűség
— condition of being able to speak only a single language
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Italian:
monolinguismo
— condition of being able to speak only a single language
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Macedonian:
еднојазичност
(ednojazičnost)
— condition of being able to speak only a single language
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Norwegian Bokmål:
enspråklighet
— condition of being able to speak only a single language
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
einspråklegheit
— condition of being able to speak only a single language
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
eittspråklegheit
— condition of being able to speak only a single language
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Polish:
jednojęzyczność
— condition of being able to speak only a single language
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Portuguese:
monolinguismo
— condition of being able to speak only a single language
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Russian:
одноязы́чие
(odnojazýčije)
— condition of being able to speak only a single language
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Lower Sorbian:
jadnorěcnosć
— condition of being able to speak only a single language
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Upper Sorbian:
jednorěčnosć
— condition of being able to speak only a single language
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Upper Sorbian:
monolinguizm
— condition of being able to speak only a single language
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Spanish:
monolingüismo
— condition of being able to speak only a single language
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Swedish:
enspråkighet
— condition of being able to speak only a single language
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Turkish:
tekdillilik
— condition of being able to speak only a single language
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Ukrainian:
одномо́вність
(odnomóvnistʹ)
— condition of being able to speak only a single language