monolinguisme
French, noun/mɔ.nɔ.lɛ̃.ɡɥism/
monolinguisme is spelled M-O-N-O-L-I-N-G-U-I-S-M-E (13 letters) and appears about once in every 32 million words in written French, the 181,983rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Monolinguisme is a French masculine noun meaning “unilingualism, monolingualism, monoglottism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Fait d’être monolingue, de ne parler qu’une seule langue”.
What does monolinguisme mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineunilingualism, monolingualism, monoglottism
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Fait d’être monolingue, de ne parler qu’une seule langue.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of monolinguisme
- monolinguismes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce monolinguisme?
- /mɔ.nɔ.lɛ̃.ɡɥism/
- /mɔ.nɔ.lɛ̃.ɡɥizm/
- \mɔ.nɔ.lɛ̃.ɡɥism\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to monolinguisme
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is monolinguisme in French?
monolinguisme appears about once in every 32 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).