Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

equilingual

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: equi-lin-gual
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Able to speak two or more languages at the same level of proficiency.

noun

A person who is equilingual.

Example Sentences

"Unilinguals and bilinguals other than equilinguals mostly consume mass media products in the language they know best."
"If the equilingual speaks language A or B, the monolingual speakers of that language would recognize that the individual is a speaker of another language."
"An equilingual (von Raffler-Engel, 1961), on the other hand, is either ambilingual if both languages are equally native-like or semilingual (Skutnabb-Kangas, 1980) if both are mastered equally poorly."

Etymology

From equi- + lingual.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: equi

Inflected Forms

equilinguals (plural)

Derived Forms

equilingualism

Frequently Paired Words

ambilingual

Rhymes With

translingual exolingual quinquelingual brevilingual colingual plurilingual posterolingual audiolingual metrolingual pentalingual tetralingual ventrolingual

Questions

What does equilingual mean?: Able to speak two or more languages at the same level of proficiency.
Where does equilingual come from?: From equi- + lingual.

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