Home › Words › M › multilingualnessmultilingualnessmultilingualness means the state or quality of being multilingual.EtymologyFrom multilingual + -ness.nounThe state or quality of being multilingual.e.g.“In the beginning of his book he describes the multilingualness of his home in an interesting way. The family spoke German and Russian at home, he learnt Swedish at school and Finnish at work.” — 1993, LEIF: Life and Education in Finland, Society for Culture and Education, page 49:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.multilingualism 86% match — The condition of being multilingual; the ability to speak multiple languages. vs multilingualness →bilingualness 80% match — The state of being bilingual. vs multilingualness →monolingualness 75% match — The state of being monolingual. vs multilingualness →plurilingualism 75% match — The condition of being plurilingual. vs multilingualness →multidialectalism 69% match — The condition of being multidialectal vs multilingualness →bilingualism 67% match — The condition of being bilingual; the ability to speak two languages. vs multilingualness →multilanguage 67% match — of or pertaining to multiple languages vs multilingualness →monolingualism 66% match — The condition of being monolingual; the ability to speak only a single language. vs multilingualness →