bilingual

Definitions

bi- (two) + lingu (tongue, language) + -al = having two tongues, i.e. speaking two languages. The clearest member of the number-prefix system: change only the prefix and the meaning shifts by count — monolingual (one), trilingual (three), multilingual (many).

Common Collocations

• 1.bilingual education双语教育
• 2.fully bilingual完全双语
• 3.bilingual speaker双语使用者
• 4.bilingual dictionary双语词典

Example Sentences

• 1.

  Growing up bilingual, she switches between English and Spanish effortlessly.

• 2.

  The city offers bilingual education in both official languages.

• 3.

  All the road signs here are bilingual.