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With the United States in slow long-term decline, how will that affect the position of English? And where will all that leave monolingual Britain? Our political leaders like to boast about how global Britain is, but when it comes to languages, it is near the bottom of the global league, together with another island state, Japan.
Martin Jacques

Meaning of "monolingual" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MONOLINGUAL

monolingual  [ˌmɒnəʊˈlɪŋɡwəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MONOLINGUAL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Monolingual can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES MONOLINGUAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Monolingualism

Monoglottism or, more commonly, monolingualism or unilingualism, is the condition of being able to speak only a single language, as compared to multilingualism. In a different context, "unilingualism" may refer to a language policy which enforces an official or national language over others. Being monolingual or unilingual is also said of a text, dictionary, or conversation written or conducted in only one language, and of an entity in which a single language is either used or officially recognized. Note that monoglottism can only refer to lacking the ability to speak several languages. Multilingual speakers outnumber monolingual speakers in the world's population. Romaine pointed out in her book Bilingualism that it would be weird to find a book titled Monolingualism. This statement reflects the traditional assumption that linguistic theories often take on: that monolingualism is the norm. Monolingualism is thus rarely the subject of scholarly publications, as it is viewed to be an unmarked or prototypical concept where it has the sense of being normal and multilingualism is the exception.

Definition of monolingual in the English dictionary

The definition of monolingual in the dictionary is knowing or expressed in only one language. Other definition of monolingual is a monolingual person.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MONOLINGUAL


bilingual
baɪˈlɪŋɡwəl
bowlingual
ˌbaʊˈlɪŋɡwəl
Chigwell
ˈtʃɪɡwəl
dentilingual
ˌdɛntɪˈlɪŋɡwəl
fissilingual
ˌfɪsɪˈlɪŋɡwəl
interlingual
ˌɪntəˈlɪŋɡwəl
lingual
ˈlɪŋɡwəl
multilingual
ˌmʌltɪˈlɪŋɡwəl
prelingual
priːˈlɪŋɡwəl
quadrilingual
ˌkwɒdrɪˈlɪŋɡwəl
sublingual
sʌbˈlɪŋɡwəl
trilingual
traɪˈlɪŋɡwəl
ungual
ˈʌŋɡwəl
unilingual
ˌjuːnɪˈlɪŋɡwəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MONOLINGUAL

monolater
monolatrist
monolatrous
monolatry
monolayer
monoline insurer
monolingualism
monolinguist
monolith
monolithic
monolithically
monolog
monologic
monological
monologise
monologist
monologize
monologue
monologuise
monologuist

WORDS THAT END LIKE MONOLINGUAL

actual
annual
as per usual
bisexual
casual
dual
exergual
homosexual
individual
intellectual
manual
mutual
sensual
sexual
spiritual
the usual
unusual
usual
virtual
visual

Synonyms and antonyms of monolingual in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «monolingual» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MONOLINGUAL

Find out the translation of monolingual to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of monolingual from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «monolingual» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

单语
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

monolingüe
570 millions of speakers

English

monolingual
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

monolingual
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

أحادي اللغة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

одноязычных
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

monolingue
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

শব্দকোষ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

monolingue
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Monolingual
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

einsprachig
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

単一言語
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

단일 언어
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Monolingual
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đơn ngữ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஒருமொழி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मोनोलिंग्युअल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

tek dilli
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

monolingue
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

mono
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

одномовних
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

monolingv
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μονόγλωσσα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

eentalige
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

enspråkiga
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

enspråklige
5 millions of speakers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MONOLINGUAL»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MONOLINGUAL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about monolingual

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2 QUOTES WITH «MONOLINGUAL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word monolingual.
1
Daniel Everett
There are very few places in the world where you have to learn a language with no language in common. It's called a monolingual field situation.
2
Martin Jacques
With the United States in slow long-term decline, how will that affect the position of English? And where will all that leave monolingual Britain? Our political leaders like to boast about how global Britain is, but when it comes to languages, it is near the bottom of the global league, together with another island state, Japan.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MONOLINGUAL»

Discover the use of monolingual in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to monolingual and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Making of Monolingual Japan: Language Ideology and ...
This book explores the debates relating to language modernization from a language ideology perspective, and in doing so reveals the mechanisms by which language ideology undermines linguistic diversity.
Patrick Heinrich, 2012
2
Raising Bilingual-biliterate Children in Monolingual Cultures
This book is a longitudinal case study carefully detailing the French/English bilingual and biliterate development of three children in one family beginning with their births and ending in late adolescence.
Stephen J. Caldas, 2006
3
The Acquisition of Spanish: Morphosyntactic Development in ...
This is the first book on the acquisition of Spanish that provides a state-of-the-art comprehensive overview of Spanish morphosyntactic development in monolingual and bilingual situations.
Silvina Montrul, 2004
4
Language development: monolingual and bilingual acquisition
Written by a team of speech-language pathologists with a plethora of experience in both the school and university setting, this new text for language development addresses the topic of language acquisition among monolingual and bilingual ...
Alejandro E. Brice, Roanne G. Brice, 2008
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Meaningful Texts: The Extraction of Semantic Information ...
This book reflects the growing influence of corpus linguistics in a variety of areas such as lexicography, translation studies, genre analysis, and language teaching.
Geoff Barnbrook, Pernilla Danielsson, Michaela Mahlberg, 2006
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Defining Language: A Local Grammar of Definition Sentences
The source of the sample definition sentences used in this study is a monolingual English dictionary designed to be used by learners of the language. Monolingual English dictionaries have undergone considerable development since their ...
Geoff Barnbrook, 2002
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Comparing the Accuracy of Metamemory of Monolingual English- ...
Cultural differences in metamemory, or memory complaints, among monolingual Spanish-speaking (N = 38) and monolingual English-speaking patients (N = 38) with a diagnosed illness were investigated.
Viviana Lucio Ortiz, 2008
8
Emergent Literacy Skills in Spanish-English Bilingual and ...
CHAPTER FOUR; DISCUSSION The overall objective of this quasi-longitudinal study was to examine the development of emergent literacy skills in English- monolingual, and Spanish- English bilingual preschool children. There were two  ...
Stephanie Eppe, 2006
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Specialised Dictionaries for Learners
The Monolingual Specialised Dictionary for Learners Rufus H. Gouws Abstract LSP dictionaries have to be directed at very specific user groups and when planning such a dictionary the lexicographer has to be well aware of the needs but also ...
Pedro Antonio Fuertes Olivera, 2010
10
In Babel's Shadow: Multilingual Literatures, Monolingual States
"In Babel's Shadow is an ambitious, sophisticated book that addresses crucial, timely issues in the study of life-writing, translation, translingualism, literary theory, and linguistics.
Brian Lennon, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MONOLINGUAL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term monolingual is used in the context of the following news items.
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New phobias
But "phobia" comes from a Greek root, and only a dysfunctional hyperactive monolingual technocrat would mix Greek and Latin roots. ;o). «Herald Scotland, Jul 15»
2
Pragmatic education system should take bilingual approach
I just wonder why we are bound by a monolingual mindset in education when, in fact, the benefits of bilingualism have been supported by ... «South China Morning Post, Jul 15»
3
Bilinguals May Have More Brain Power
For the recent study, researchers compared gray matter in bilinguals of American Sign Language (ASL) and spoken English with monolingual ... «University Herald, Jul 15»
4
European Language Diversity Summit - Donostia 2016 - Second …
The debate covered principles, discrimination and rights; the official status of a language; the issues of bilingual and monolingual education; ... «UNPO, Jul 15»
5
Learn Two Languages For a Sharper Brain
The researchers compared gray matter in bilinguals of American Sign Language (ASL) and spoken English with monolingual users of English. «The New Indian Express, Jul 15»
6
Foreign Language Requirements Lead to Multilingualism
... the lack of foreign language requirements in the U.S. has led to the phenomenon, or at least the stereotype, of the monolingual American. «Language Magazine, Jul 15»
7
Ready for OS X El Capitan, the New MacClean Comes to Give …
... MacJanitor, AppZapper, Monolingual, OnyX, etc. With MacClean 2, OS X users could do daily housekeeping on Macs as per their need, such ... «Massachusetts Newswire, Jul 15»
8
Sample MCAS questions reveal a tin ear for needs of English learners
I was heartened to read your July 14 editorial in favor of bilingual education and its potential for immigrant and monolingual students alike ... «Boston Globe, Jul 15»
9
Multilingual early-education private school to host open house in …
... who have learned two languages at an early age tend to score above average on standardized tests than children who are monolingual. «Your Houston News, Jul 15»
10
The “First language” of love and respect for life is never lost
The girls fell into three groups: monolingual French speakers with no exposure to Chinese, girls bilingual in French and Chinese, and the ... «National Right to Life News, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Monolingual [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/monolingual>. Apr 2024 ».
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