バイリンガル

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English bilingual.[1][2][3]

First cited to 1985.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) イリンガル [bàíríꜜǹgàrù] (Nakadaka – [3])[3]
  • IPA(key): [ba̠iɾʲĩŋɡa̠ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Adjective

バイリンガル • (bairingaru) -na (adnominal バイリンガル (bairingaru na na), adverbial バイリンガル (bairingaru ni ni))

  1. bilingual

Inflection

Noun

バイリンガル • (bairingaru) 

  1. [from 1985] bilingualism, the ability to freely speak two languages
  2. [from 1985] a person who is bilingual
  3. [from 1985] something that is presented in a bilingual manner, such as a text, speech, television program, or video

References

  1. バイリンガル”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, Nihon Kokugo Daijiten) (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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