Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A person who knows only one language.
- adjective Knowing only one language; monolingual.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Speaking or using only one language.
- Written or published in only one language.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a person capable of speaking only a single
language - adjective capable of speaking only a single
language
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Welsh Labour's website has since dissappeared and reappeared even more monoglot than before, with only a few token words of Welsh thrown in.
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Welsh Labour's website has since dissappeared and reappeared even more monoglot than before, with only a few token words of Welsh thrown in.
Archive 2009-04-01 2009
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Hence reports that Mr. Cameron had asked Commission President José Manuel Barroso for a one-off concours, in English only, to help his monoglot island.
No English-Only Exams For Would-Be Eurocrats Frances Robinson 2011
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For the directors of HTV such as Lord Harlech and Alun Talfan Davies, the plan to establish a monoglot Welsh language channel was a nuisance.
Archive 2008-06-01 2008
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How would it make him a hypocrite if he were a monoglot?
Snobbery! 2008
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There were also plans to establish a monoglot Welsh speaking channel for Wales.
Archive 2008-06-01 2008
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Being as I always felt vaguely guilty about being a monoglot but never quite enough to learn another language, eh? it was impressed on me.
Terribly Boring 6: My favourite PhD Alix Mortimer 2010
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The commitment to boycott Westminster would hardly cause a 'Sinn Feinner' like H.R. Jones to frown too much, and it's possible that demanding a monoglot Welsh speaking Wales would have been to his taste.
Archive 2008-05-01 2008
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One could also consider that placing the Welsh language programmes on one special channel out of the sight of those unable to speak Welsh has helped to neutralize the inflammatory and divisive effect of the language on monoglot monoglot English speaking Welsh people.
Archive 2008-06-01 2008
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Apologies for my poor spelling on monoglot and polyglot (missing the "l" out).
John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting... 2009
senwick commented on the word monoglot
Someone who speaks only one language
November 5, 2008