unilingual
English
Etymology
From uni- + lingual.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɪŋɡwəl
Adjective
unilingual (not comparable)
- knowing or using a single language
- 2012, Nadine Gordimer, No Time Like the Present, Bloomsbury 2013, p. 46:
- If you're black you've had to improvise communication with unilingual whites, she'd probably easily acquire this ancient one, too.
- Synonym: monolingual
- Antonyms: multilingual, plurilingual
- 2012, Nadine Gordimer, No Time Like the Present, Bloomsbury 2013, p. 46:
Derived terms
- unilingually
Translations
only knowing or spoken in one language — see monolingual
Noun
unilingual (plural unilinguals)
- a person who understands only one language