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Noun
/bīˈliNGgwəl/,
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bilinguals, plural;
  1. A person fluent in two languages


  1. (bilingualism) the ability to speak two languages colloquially
  2. (Bilingualism) Multilingualism is the act of using, or promoting the use, of multiple languages, either by an individual speaker or by a community of speakers. Multilingual speakers outnumber monolingual speakers in the world's population. The generic term for a multilingual person is polyglot. ...
  3. (Bilingualism (Brain)) Work in the field of cognitive neuroscience has located classical language areas within the perislyvian cortex of the left hemisphere. This area is crucial for the representation of language, but other areas in the brain are shown to be active in this function as well. ...
  4. (Bilingualism (Canada)) Official bilingualism is the term used in Canada to collectively describe the policies, constitutional provisions, and laws which give English and French a special legal status over other languages in Canada’s courts, parliament and administration.
  5. (Bilingualism) Being able to communicate effectively in two or more languages, with more or less the same degree of proficiency.