דו־לשוני

Hebrew

Etymology

From דּוּ־ (dú-, “bi-”) +‎ לְשׁוֹנִי (l'shoní, “lingual”).

Adjective

דּוּ־לְשׁוֹנִי • (dú-l'shoní) (feminine דּוּ־לְשׁוֹנִית)

Bilingual: knowing, using, or involving two languages.
שלט דו לשוני ― shélet dú-l'shoní ― a bilingual sign

חינוך דו־לשוני ― khinúkh dú-l'shoní ― bilingual education

לגדל ילדה דו־לשונית ― l'gadél yaldá dú-l'shonít ― to raise a bilingual girl

Usage notes

May be either hyphenated or written as two separate words (דו לשוני).

Coordinate terms

חד־לשוני (khád-l'shoní, “monolingual”)
רב־לשוני (ráv-l'shoní, “multilingual”)
תלת־לשוני (tlát-l'shoní, “trilingual”)

Derived terms

דּוּ־לְשׁוֹנִיּוּת (dú-l'shoniyút, “bilingualism”)

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