diglottism

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δίγλωττος (díglōttos, “speaking two languages”), from δι- (di-, “two”) + γλῶττα (glôtta, “tongue”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /daɪˈɡlɒtɪzəm/

Noun

diglottism (usually uncountable, plural diglottisms)

1. bilingualism
   • 1871, John Earle, The Philology of the English Tongue:

     there are two of these diglottisms in a single line

Related terms

• diglossia

Further reading

• “diglottism”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.