bilingualism

English

Etymology

From bilingual +‎ -ism.

Noun

bilingualism (countable and uncountable, plural bilingualisms)

  1. The condition of being bilingual; the ability to speak two languages.
    • 1955 May, Rev. A. W. V. Mace, “An Irish Journey—1”, in Railway Magazine, page 297:
      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.

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