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bilingualism

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Etymology

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Etymology tree
English bilingual
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)
Proto-Indo-European *-mos
Proto-Indo-European *-mós
Ancient Greek -μός (-mós)
Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der.
English -ism
English bilingualism

    From bilingual + -ism.

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    bilingualism (countable and uncountable, plural bilingualisms)

    1. The condition of being bilingual; the ability to speak two languages.
      • 1955 May, Rev. A. W. V. Mace, “An Irish Journey—1”, in Railway Magazine, page 297:
        At Kingsbridge, the bilingualism of the Irish Republic was evident in the tickets, the station notices, and the neat destination boards on the 10.40 a.m. express to Cork.
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