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bi⋅lin⋅gual

  [bahy-ling-gwuhl or, Can., -ling-gyoo-uhl]
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–adjective
1. able to speak two languages with the facility of a native speaker.
2. spoken, written, or containing similar information in two different languages: a bilingual dictionary; Public notices at the embassy are bilingual.
3. of, involving, or using two languages: a bilingual community; bilingual schools.
–noun
4. a bilingual person.
Origin:
1835–45; < L bilingu(is) (bi- bi- 1 + lingu-, s. of lingua tongue + -is adj. suffix) + -al 1

Related forms:
bi⋅lin⋅gual⋅ly, adverb
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bi·lin·gual   (bī-lĭng'gwəl)   
adj.  

    1. Using or able to use two languages, especially with equal or nearly equal fluency.

    2. Using two languages in some proportion in order to facilitate learning by students who have a native proficiency in one language and are acquiring proficiency in the other: bilingual training; bilingual education.

  2. Of, relating to, or expressed in two languages: a bilingual dictionary.

n.  A person who uses or is able to use two languages, especially with equal fluency.
bi·lin'gual·ism n., bi·lin'gual·ly adv.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

bilingual 
1847, from bi- + lingual.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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