MONOLINGUAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does monolingual mean? 

• MONOLINGUAL (noun)
  The noun MONOLINGUAL has 1 sense:

1. a person who knows only one language

  Familiarity information: MONOLINGUAL used as a noun is very rare.

• MONOLINGUAL (adjective)
  The adjective MONOLINGUAL has 1 sense:

1. using or knowing only one language

  Familiarity information: MONOLINGUAL used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MONOLINGUAL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person who knows only one language

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("monolingual" is a kind of...):

individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)

• MONOLINGUAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Using or knowing only one language

Context example:

a monolingual dictionary

Antonym:

multilingual (using or knowing more than one language)