monolingualism

monolingualism

English

Etymology

From monolingual +‎ -ism.

Noun

monolingualism (countable and uncountable, plural monolingualisms)

1. The condition of being monolingual; the ability to speak only a single language.

Synonyms

• monoglottism
• unilingualism

Related terms

• sesquilingualism
• bilingualism
• trilingualism
• multilingualism

Translations

condition of being able to speak only a single language

Catalan: monolingüisme m, unilingüisme m Danish: ensprogethed c French: monolinguisme (fr) m, unilinguisme (fr) m Galician: monolingüismo m German: Einsprachigkeit (de) f, Monolingualität f, Monolingualismus (de) m, Monolinguismus m Hungarian: egynyelvűség

Italian: monolinguismo m Norwegian: Bokmål: enspråklighet (no) m or f Nynorsk: einspråklegheit f, eittspråklegheit f Portuguese: monolinguismo Spanish: monolingüismo m Swedish: enspråkighet c Turkish: tekdillilik (tr)