monolingual

Definitions

adj

1

Knowing or using a single language; written or spoken in a single language.

Thus approximately 98% of signs contained English, and 93.5% of signs were wholly in English. As far as linguistic landscapes go, this is a case of extreme monolingual dominance in a multilingual setting.

noun

1

a person who knows or uses only a single language; a monoglot

Collocations

5

ADJ.

bilingual, comprehensive, extreme, good, monochromatic, monochrome, monocultural, most

VERB + MONOLINGUAL

become, lived, said, use, won't

MONOLINGUAL + NOUN

dictionaries, dictionary, dominance, french, german, nahuatl, person, speaker

PREP.

in, in

ADV.

only, such

Thesaurus

Synonyms

Antonyms

multilingual

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

6

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Thus approximately 98% of signs contained English, and 93.5% of signs were wholly in English. As far as linguistic landscapes go, this is a case of extreme monolingual dominance in a multilingual sett

Wiktionary

02

Can anyone recommend for me a good monolingual German dictionary?

Tatoeba · #1623829

03

This percentage represents almost 1,45 million people, of which 198,000 are monolingual, such that Nahuatl is not in danger of dying in the near future.

Tatoeba · #6049597

04

"Don't think in your native tongue," said the monolingual Tom.

Tatoeba · #6687032

05

It's important to only use a monolingual dictionary.

Tatoeba · #9415172

06

Tom is a monolingual French speaker.

Tatoeba · #10127863