Associations to the word «Monolingual»

Wiktionary

MONOLINGUAL, adjective. Knowing or using a single language.
MONOLINGUAL, noun. A person who knows or uses only a single language; a monoglot.

Dictionary definition

MONOLINGUAL, noun. A person who knows only one language.
MONOLINGUAL, adjective. Using or knowing only one language; "monolingual speakers"; "a monolingual dictionary".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats