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Vinony

bilingualism

noun

  1. fluency in two languages
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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: 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.

  1. The condition of being bilingual; the ability to speak two languages.

    “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.”