Bilingualism

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The condition of being bilingual; the ability to speak two languages. countable, uncountable

    "At Kingsbridge, the bilingualism of the Irish Republic was evident in the tickets, the station notices, and the neat destination boards on the 10.40 a.m. express to Cork."

  2. 2
    the ability to speak two languages colloquially wordnet

Example

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"Diglossia is a type of bilingualism where one can speak two dialects of the same language."

Etymology

From bilingual + -ism.

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