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sesquilingualisms

sesquilingualisms is the plural of sesquilingualism.

Meaning of sesquilingualism

Noun

sesquilingualism (usually uncountable, plural sesquilingualisms)

  1. (usually) The condition of being sesquilingual; the ability to speak one language fluently, and a second language only to a limited extent.
    • The transitional zone can be regarded as the dialect boundary, where the two different dialects meet but there is no significant gap in mutual intelligibility due to the sesquilingualism of the native speakers.1972 R. David Zorc, "The Western Subgroup of Bisayan," Oceanic Linguistics Vol. 11, No. 2 (Winter, 1972), pp. 110-139

Questions about sesquilingualisms

What is sesquilingualisms the plural of?
Sesquilingualisms is the plural of sesquilingualism.

Words near sesquilingualisms in the dictionary

  1. sesquihydrate
  2. sesquihydrates
  3. sesquilinear
  4. sesquilingual
  5. sesquilingualism
  6. sesquilingualisms
  7. sesquimagnesium
  8. sesquimustard
  9. sesquimutant
  10. sesquimutants
  11. sesquineolignan

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