monolingual

English

Etymology

mono- +‎ lingual

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -ɪŋɡwəl

Adjective

monolingual (comparative more monolingual, superlative most monolingual)

Knowing or using a single language.

Synonyms

unilingual

Antonyms

Translations

only knowing or spoken in one language

Albanian: njëgjuhësh
Arabic: أُحَادِي اَللُّغَة‎ (ʾuḥādī l-luḡa)
Basque: elebakar (eu)
Catalan: monolingüe, unilingüe
Chinese:
Mandarin: 單語, 单语 (dānyǔ)
Czech: jednojazyčný
Danish: ensproget
Dutch: eentalig (nl)
Estonian: ühekeelne
Finnish: yksikielinen (fi)
French: monolingue (fr)
Galician: monolingüe, unilingüe
Georgian: ერთენოვანი (ertenovani), მონოლინგვური (monolingvuri)
German: einsprachig (de)

Icelandic: eintyngdur m, einmálga
Irish: aonteangach
Japanese: 単一言語 (たんいつげんご, tanitsugengo)
Macedonian: еднојазичен m (ednojázičen)
Malay: ekabahasa
Manx: un-çhengagh
Maori: reo tōtahi
Norwegian: ettspråklig
Persian: تک‌زبانه‎, یک‌زبانه‎
Portuguese: monolíngue
Russian: одноязы́чный (ru) (odnojazýčnyj), (sometimes, seldom) моноязычный (ru) (monojazyčnyj),
Spanish: monolingüe (es)
Swedish: enspråkig (sv)
Tagalog: sanwika

Noun

monolingual (plural monolinguals)

A person who knows or uses only a single language; a monoglot.

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