bilingualism

bi·lin·gual  (b-lnggwl)

adj.

1.

a. Using or able to use two languages, especially with equal or nearly equal fluency.

b. Using two languages in some proportion in order to facilitate learning by students who have a native proficiency in one language and are acquiring proficiency in the other: bilingual training; bilingual education.

2. Of, relating to, or expressed in two languages: a bilingual dictionary.

n.

A person who uses or is able to use two languages, especially with equal fluency.

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bi·lingual·ism n.

bi·lingual·ly adv.

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bilingualism

1. the ability to speak two languages.
2. the use of two languages, as in a community. Also bilinguality, diglottism. — bilingual, bilinguist, n. — bilingual, adj.

See also: Language

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

bilingualism - the ability to speak two languages colloquially ability, power - possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done; "danger heightened his powers of discrimination"