| BILINGUALISM | • bilingualism n. The condition of being bilingual; the ability to speak two languages. • BILINGUALISM n. the ability to speak two languages. |
| BILINGUALITY | • bilinguality n. (Rare) bilingualism. |
| DENTILINGUAL | • dentilingual adj. (Anatomy) Of or pertaining to the teeth and the tongue. • dentilingual adj. (Linguistics, of a sound) Produced with the tongue touching the teeth. • dentilingual n. (Linguistics, rare) A sound produced with the tongue touching the teeth. |
| FISSILINGUAL | • fissilingual adj. (Zoology) Having the tongue forked. • FISSILINGUAL adj. having a forked or cleft tongue. |
| INTERLINGUAL | • interlingual adj. (Linguistics, translation studies) Spanning multiple languages; having a multilingual flair or quality. • INTERLINGUAL adj. relating to an interlingua. |
| INTERLINGUAS | • interlinguas n. Plural of interlingua. • INTERLINGUA n. any artificially devised international language. |
| LANGUAGELESS | • languageless adj. Without language. • LANGUAGELESS adj. (Shakespeare) without speech. |
| METALANGUAGE | • metalanguage n. (Linguistics, translation studies, critical theory) Any language or vocabulary of specialized terms… • metalanguage n. (Computing) Any similar language used to define a programming language. • METALANGUAGE n. a language used to talk about language. |
| MONOLINGUALS | • monolinguals n. Plural of monolingual. • MONOLINGUAL n. one who speaks one language only. |
| MULTILINGUAL | • multilingual adj. Of, relating to, or involving multiple languages. • multilingual adj. (Of a person) able to communicate in a number of languages. • multilingual n. A polyglot. |
| NONLANGUAGES | • nonlanguages n. Plural of nonlanguage. • NONLANGUAGE n. something that is not a language. |
| PARALANGUAGE | • paralanguage n. (Linguistics) The non-verbal elements of speech, and to a limited extent of writing, used to modify… • PARALANGUAGE n. nonverbal elements which affect meaning of speech, as intonation, etc. |
| PRELINGUALLY | • prelingually adv. In a prelingual manner. • PRELINGUAL adv. before the use of language. |
| SUBLANGUAGES | • sublanguages n. Plural of sublanguage. • SUBLANGUAGE n. a subdivision of a language. |
| TRILINGUALLY | • trilingually adv. In a trilingual manner; in or with three languages. • TRILINGUAL adv. pertaining to, in or speaking three languages. |
| VANGUARDISMS | • vanguardisms n. Plural of vanguardism. • VANGUARDISM n. the condition of being or practice of positioning oneself as or within the vanguard of a movement, esp. political. |
| VANGUARDISTS | • vanguardists n. Plural of vanguardist. • VANGUARDIST n. a practitioner of vanguardism. |