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unilingual

Rhymes with -ɪŋɡwəl

adjective

  1. not comparable Knowing or using a single language. If you're black you've had to improvise communication with unilingual whites, she'd probably easily acquire this ancient one, too.

    Similar: monolingual · Opposite: multilingual, plurilingual

noun unilinguals

  1. A person who understands only one language.

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@misc{unilingual_2026,
  title = {unilingual},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/unilingual},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}