Bilingual vs. Trilingual — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Bilingual and Trilingual
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Bilingual
Using or able to use two languages, especially with equal or nearly equal fluency.
Trilingual
Using or able to use three languages, especially with equal or nearly equal fluency.
Bilingual
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.
Trilingual
Of, relating to, or expressed in three languages.
Bilingual
Of, relating to, or expressed in two languages
A bilingual dictionary.
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Trilingual
A person who is able to use three languages, especially with equal fluency.
Bilingual
A person who uses or is able to use two languages, especially with equal fluency.
Trilingual
Able to read or speak three languages.
Bilingual
Having the ability to speak two languages.
Trilingual
Expressed or written in three languages.
Bilingual
Spoken or written in two different languages.
A bilingual dictionary
Trilingual
A person who speaks three languages.
Bilingual
Characterized by the use or presence of two languages.
Bilingual education
Trilingual
Containing, or consisting of, three languages; expressed in three languages.
The much-noted Rosetta stone . . . bears upon its surface a trilingual inscription.
Bilingual
A person who is able to use two languages.
Trilingual
Using or knowing three languages;
Trilingual speakers
Bilingual
Containing, or consisting of, two languages; expressed in two languages; as, a bilingual inscription; a bilingual dictionary.
Bilingual
A person who speaks two languages fluently
Bilingual
Using or knowing two languages;
Bilingual education
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