The ability to speak, read, or write several languages or many languages with some facility. Bilingualism is the most common form. (From Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed)

Annotation

IM; do not coord with a Cat Z term to specify the languages, i.e., French-Italian bilingualism = MULTILINGUALISM only & not also FRANCE & ITALY

DUI

D019303 MeSH Browser

CUI

M0028740

Previous indexing

Language (1968-1996)

History note

97

Public note

97