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Definition of Bilingual

1. Noun. A person who speaks two languages fluently.

Definition of Bilingual

1. a. Containing, or consisting of, two languages; expressed in two languages; as, a bilingual inscription; a bilingual dictionary.

Definition of Bilingual

1. Adjective. Having the ability to speak two languages. ¹

2. Adjective. Spoken or written in two different languages: ¹

3. Noun. A person who is bilingual. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bilingual

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bilingual

Literary usage of Bilingual

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Cultural Diversity & Early Education: Report of a Workshop edited by Nancy A. Crowell (1994)
"bilingual LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION Language instruction is among the most politically ... bilingual education is typically associated with controversial issues, ..."

2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... teach in the bilingual schools for five years only. The Government makes a yearly grant to both Catholic and public schools, the amount being calculated ..."

3. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1909)
"... who discovered there three bilingual inscriptions in Greek and Hebrew, one has the phrase " Boundary of Gezer." The results of the recent excavations ..."

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