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Meaning of "unilingual" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF UNILINGUAL

unilingual  [ˌjuːnɪˈlɪŋɡwəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UNILINGUAL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Unilingual 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 UNILINGUAL 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 unilingual in the English dictionary

The first definition of unilingual in the dictionary is of or relating to only one language. Other definition of unilingual is knowing only one language. Unilingual is also a person who knows only one language.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH UNILINGUAL


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

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE UNILINGUAL

unilateral
Unilateral Declaration of Independence
unilateral disarmament
unilateral neglect
unilateral nuclear disarmament
unilateralism
unilateralist
unilaterality
unilaterally
unilinear
unilingualism
unilingualist
uniliteral
unillumed
unilluminated
unilluminating
unillumined
unillusioned
unillustrated
unilobar

WORDS THAT END LIKE UNILINGUAL

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 unilingual in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «unilingual» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF UNILINGUAL

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

Translator English - Chinese

单语
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

monolingüe
570 millions of speakers

English

unilingual
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

unilingual
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

أحادية اللغة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

на одном языке
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

unilingual
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

একটিমাত্র ভাষাসংক্রান্ত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

unilingue
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tidak berbilang bahasa
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

einsprachigen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

単一言語
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

unilingual
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tanpa basa
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

unilingual
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

unilingual
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अनौपचारिक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

tek dilli
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

monolingue
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

jednojęzyczny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

на одній мові
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

unilingv
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μονόγλωσσα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

eentalig
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

enspråkig
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

unilingual
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of unilingual

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «UNILINGUAL»

The term «unilingual» is normally little used and occupies the 129.639 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of unilingual
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «UNILINGUAL» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «unilingual» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «unilingual» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

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

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNILINGUAL»

Discover the use of unilingual in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to unilingual and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Bilingualism Or Not: The Education of Minorities
According to Sulo Huovinen's survey (1977) which covers 36 countries (the Channel Islands are excluded but the Faroes and Greenland are counted as countries in their own right), 25 of the countries of Europe are officially unilingual.
Tove Skutnabb-Kangas, 1981
2
Minority Rights Jurisprudence Digest
It is true that the legislature has instituted an educational system which, in the Dutch unilingual region, exclusively encourages teaching in Dutch, in the same way as it establishes the linguistic homogeneity of education in the French unilingual ...
Alcidia Moucheboeuf, 2006
3
Westminster Legacies: Democracy and Responsible Government ...
Virtually all the provinces in the overlay were 'unilingual' and Gandhi put them in the keeping of 'unilingual' Pradesh (provincial) Congress committees. The overlay and the reorganisation were meant to vindicate Congress's contention that ...
Haig Patapan, John Wanna, Patrick Moray Weller, 2005
4
Minority Language Promotion, Protection and Regulation: The ...
Unilingual or bilingual authorities The Language act is based on a division of authorities into unilingual and bilingual authorities. The linguistic division is of importance both for the language rights of an individual and for the language ...
Colin H Williams, 2013
5
Bodies of Knowledge in Ancient Mesopotamia: The Diviners of ...
recensions of hh do not make such a distinction (Veldhuis 1997: 69). this is evident in the unilingual manuscript from alalaḫ (alt 445; von Dassow 2005: 30; lauinger 2005: 54–55), as well as in the unpublished unilingual and bilingual sources ...
Matthew Rutz, 2013
6
Handbook of Bilingualism : Psycholinguistic Approaches: ...
Once children with bilingual input from birth start to use morphosyntactic elements in their utterances, they use three types of utterances: (a) lexically unilingual utterances in language A, (b) lexically unilingual utterances in language Alpha, ...
Judith F. Kroll Liberal Arts Research Professor of Psychology and Linguistics Penn State University, Annette M. B. De Groot Professor of Experimental Psycholinguistics University of Amsterdam, 2009
7
International Handbook of Bilingualism and Bilingual Education
Table 4.1 Unilingual French, Unilingual Femish, and Bilingual Population of Brussels, 1866 to 1S80 SOURCE: Annualre Statistlque de la Belgique 33 (1903). Bruxelles: J. B. Stevens, p. 83. Percentages are derived from the population in the ...
Christina Bratt Paulston, 1988
8
What Does Quebec Want?
Accordingly, the argument runs, French-speaking Canadians should abandon any dream of a bilingual Canada; they should, on the contrary, concentrate their efforts on building a French unilingual Quebec, and forget about Canada.
Andre Bernard, 1978
9
The Language of the Skies: The Bilingual Air Traffic Control ...
7 A more informal expression of pilot opinion came from Guy Charbonneau, a francophone Air Canada pilot who wrote the Montreal Star on March 27 supporting unilingual English air traffic control. He claimed that "the English language is ...
Sandford F. Borins, 1983
10
Languages in Contact: Findings and Problems
rt. bilingual attempting to speak language S, for example, renders the sounds of S by reference to the system of language I', which to him is primary; the unilingual speaker-listener of 6 then interprets this distorted speech by reference to the S ...
Uriel Weinreich, 1979

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UNILINGUAL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term unilingual is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Toys 'R' Us In Quebec Refuses To Sell English-Only Daniel Tiger Doll
Messina didn't know until a few weeks ago, but because of Quebec's language laws, it's illegal to sell a unilingual toy unless the toy has a French-speaking ... «Huffington Post Canada, Apr 15»
2
Bilingualism benefits unilingual New Brunswickers, study finds
Bilingualism in New Brunswick benefits unilingual residents, according to a new report commissioned by the province's commissioner of official languages. «CBC.ca, Mar 15»
3
Nunavut to allow escorts for unilingual elders on medical travel
In the territorial legislature yesterday, Nunavut's health minister announced that his department will now allow escorts for unilingual Inuktitut-speaking elders on ... «CBC.ca, Mar 15»
4
National Post View: Unilingual tweets are not the enemy
On Feb. 10, Liberal MP Marc Garneau took to Twitter to express his disapproval at the appointment of Rob Nicholson as John Baird's replacement: “Canada ... «National Post, Feb 15»
5
Tony Clement, Steven Blaney chided in recent report from official …
... Fraser concluded that former foreign affairs minister John Baird and Public Safety Minister Steven Blaney violated the language laws with unilingual tweets. «CBC.ca, Feb 15»
6
MP tweets must be bilingual: commissioner
... Fraser concludes that former foreign affairs minister John Baird and Public Security Minister Steven Blaney violated the language laws with unilingual tweets. «MetroNews Canada, Feb 15»
7
Quebec Premier disappointed with choice of unilingual Foreign …
Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard says he's disappointed with the appointment of a unilingual anglophone as Canada's latest Foreign Affairs Minister. «The Globe and Mail, Feb 15»
8
Full Pundit: Will Canada survive its non-French-speaking foreign …
At Huffington Post, Robert Asselin argues the appointment of unilingual anglophone Rob Nicholson as Foreign Affairs Minister “dismisses the amazing strength ... «National Post, Feb 15»
9
A Unilingual Foreign Affairs Minister Is a National Embarrassment
By appointing a unilingual Foreign Affairs Minister, Rob Nicholson, Prime Minister Harper fails to understand his role to protect this precious heritage. He also ... «Huffington Post Canada, Feb 15»
10
America the unilingual: Coke's Super Bowl ad
I'll be honest—when I heard Coca-Cola's wholly inoffensive and now controversial Super Bowl commercial featuring the song “America the Beautiful” in multiple ... «The Bowdoin Orient, Feb 14»

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