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WordBand 6.5–7.5Toofey picks
bilingual
/baɪˈlɪŋ.ɡju.əl/
adjective1 of 2
Able to speak two languages well.
- “Bilingual children often switch easily between languages.”Toofey
- “I wonder if bilingual people have a favorite language.”Tatoeba
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noun2 of 2
A person who is able to use two languages.
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Source: Written for Toofey (original); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR); New Academic Word List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0)