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MONOLINGUAL

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person who knows only one language

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("monolingual" is a kind of...):

individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Using or knowing only one language

Example:

a monolingual dictionary

Classified under:

Adjectives

Antonym:

multilingual (using or knowing more than one language)

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