bilingual

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Able to speak two languages well.

   Their children are bilingual in English and Spanish.

2. 2
   adj

   Written or spoken in two languages.

   They handed out a bilingual dictionary to each student.

3. 3
   noun

   A person who can speak two languages.

   As a bilingual, she often works as a translator.

From Latin bilinguis + -al; equivalent to bi- + lingual.

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