monolingual

adjective

mono·lin·gual ˌmä-nə-ˈliŋ-gwəl

ˌmō-,

-ˈliŋ-gyə-wəl

: having or using only one language

monolingual noun

Examples of monolingual in a Sentence

He regrets being monolingual and wishes he were bilingual.

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The monolingual Lithuanian participants also showed a color category effect, whereas the monolingual Norwegians didn’t, suggesting that those using a language with two words for blue were able to define the different shades quicker than those using a language with only one. —

New Atlas, 25 July 2024 And Peso Pluma represents my cousin — a monolingual Spanish speaker born and raised in Mexico who doesn’t have many ties to the United States. —

Natalie Arroyo Camacho, refinery29.com, 5 Mar. 2024 It’s reinforced by linguistic isolation, which outside Montreal often produces an inward-turning monolingual culture, and in Montreal an outward-turning bilingual one. —

Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 17 June 2024 The researchers compared these adults with a group of monolingual French speakers. —

Madeleine Schwartz Soneela Nankani Tanya Pérez Brian St. Pierre, New York Times, 14 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for monolingual