Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Using or knowing only one language.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Using or knowing only one language. Opposite of multilingual.

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  • adjective knowing, or using a single language

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  • adjective using or knowing only one language
  • noun a person who knows only one language

Etymologies

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mono- +‎ lingual

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Examples

  • Loizou, M. and Stuart, M. (2003) “Phonological awareness in monolingual and bilingual English and Greek five-year-olds,” Journal of Research in Reading, Vol. 26 (1), pp 3-18.

    Reading Development in Two Different Contexts:the Case of the English-greek Bilingual Children in UK and in Cyprus « Articles « Literacy News 2009

  • But, since we no longer have Bubba2 on the scene here, Oscar2 decides to take up the charge and get personal about Bloviator's life, his decisions on where to live, his bad investments, his wife's decision to remain monolingual, etc.etc. etc.

    Aquascalientes 2007

  • Children who were exposed to their primary language 80% of their time were termed monolingual.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011

  • Those who remain monolingual are limited to English speaking markets, where competition is stiffer than Andy McNab’s clenched fist.

    Web Translations » Blog Archive » Online Purchases Increase Across Europe 2009

  • FG: What is true is that the people living in so-called "monolingual" countries where millions of people only speak one language the United States, France, Germany, Japan, etc. do not have the need to acquire another language.

    Nataly Kelly: Clearing Up Common Myths About What It Means to Be Bilingual Nataly Kelly 2011

  • FG: What is true is that the people living in so-called "monolingual" countries where millions of people only speak one language the United States, France, Germany, Japan, etc. do not have the need to acquire another language.

    Nataly Kelly: Clearing Up Common Myths About What It Means to Be Bilingual Nataly Kelly 2011

  • Last night I had dinner with an English Canadian doctor who said that more recent studies indicate that children who grow up bilingual use more parts of their brain and are more creative than those who are monolingual, which is why she was sending her three daughters to a school that featured French immersion.

    Blake Fleetwood: I Am Hispanic and Am Not Offended 2008

  • FG: What is true is that the people living in so-called "monolingual" countries where millions of people only speak one language the United States, France, Germany, Japan, etc. do not have the need to acquire another language.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Nataly Kelly 2011

  • Recently, researchers at the University of Washington used measures of electrical brain responses to compare so-called monolingual infants, from homes in which one language was spoken, to bilingual infants exposed to two languages.

    NYT > Home Page M.D. By PERRI KLASS 2011

  • Recently, researchers at the University of Washington used measures of electrical brain responses to compare so-called monolingual infants, from homes in which one language was spoken, to bilingual infants exposed to two languages.

    NYT > Home Page M.D. By PERRI KLASS 2011

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