Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unilingual

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.47 in modern English

Syllables
unilin-gual
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Knowing or using a single language.

noun

A person who understands only one language.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Italic *oinos Old Latin oinos Latin ūnus Latin ūni-der. English uni- Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s Proto-Italic *dn̥ɣwā Latin dingua Latin lingua Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin linguālislbor. English lingual English unilingual From uni- + lingual.

Inflected Forms

unilinguals (plural)

Derived Forms

unilingualism unilingualist unilingually

Synonyms

monolingual

Antonyms

multilingual plurilingual

Rhymes With

bilingual multilingual lingual monolingual sublingual trilingual interlingual quadrilingual polylingual omnilingual buccolingual panlingual

Questions

What does unilingual mean?
Knowing or using a single language.
Where does unilingual come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Italic *oinos Old Latin oinos Latin ūnus Latin ūni-der. English uni- Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s Proto-Italic *dn̥ɣwā Latin dingua Latin lingua Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin linguālislbor. English lingual English unilingual From uni- + lingual.

How to pronounce unilingual

  1. Open the pronunciation page — Open the Speakur entry for “unilingual”.
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