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Multilingual vs Bilingualism - What's the difference?

multilingual | bilingualism |

As an adjective multilingual

is pertaining to multiple languages.

As a noun bilingualism is

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

multilingual

English

Adjective

(wikipedia multilingual) (en adjective)
  • Pertaining to multiple languages.
  • (of a person) able to communicate fluently in multiple languages

    • Related terms

    * language * multilingualism

    See also

    * polyglot

    bilingualism

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia bilingualism)
  • The condition of being bilingual; the ability to speak two languages.

    • Related terms

    * monolingualism * trilingualism * multilingualism