Meaning of ambilingual | Babel Free

Definitions

A person who is ambilingual.

Examples

“Although he comes very near to being an ambilingual in that he can read, write, understand and speak equally well in French and English, his attempts to translate one of his own books led to failure.”

“True ambilinguals are said to be rare, since most people capable of speaking two languages 'restrict at least one of their languages to ceratin uses: and in any given use, one or the other language tends to predominate.'”

“Other ambilinguals active on American soil include Abraham Cahan (Yiddish and English), Raymond Federman (French and English), Rosario Ferré (Spanish and English), and Joseph Tusiani (Italian and English).”

CEFR level