Monolingual (Adjective)
Meaning
Using or knowing only one language; "monolingual speakers"; "a monolingual dictionary".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The company decided to hire bilingual staff to cater to the diverse customer base, as most of their current employees were monolingual in English.
- The international business requires not just a monolingual dictionary but a comprehensive multilingual one to effectively communicate across languages.
- In the predominantly monolingual English-speaking country, there's a growing demand for language-learning resources.
- The tourists struggled to navigate the city as most of the locals were monolingual speakers who didn't understand English.
- She found it difficult to interact with her monolingual grandparents who spoke only their native language at home.