二ヶ国語にかこくご

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Meanings

noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

bilingual; in two languages

Describes something that involves or is available in two languages, such as a dictionary, website, or speaker.

この辞じ書しょは二にヶ国かこく語ご対たい応おうです。
This dictionary supports two languages.
彼かれは二にヶ国かこく語ごを話はなせる。
He can speak two languages.

Kanji

二two, two radical (no. 7)
国country
語word, speech, language
箇counter for articles

Related words

バイリンガル
バイリンガル is a loanword often used for a bilingual person or education, while 二ヶ国語 is a more general term for anything involving two languages.

Written forms

二ヶ国語にかこくご
Standard kanji spelling using the counter ヶ.
二にカ国こく語ご
Variant using katakana カ instead of ヶ.
二にか国こく語ご
Variant using hiragana か.
二ヵ国語にかこくご
Variant using small katakana ヵ; less common.
二に箇か国こく語ご
Variant using the kanji 箇; formal or literary.
２ヶ国語にかこくご
Variant using Arabic numeral 2.
２にカ国こく語ご
Variant using Arabic numeral 2 and katakana カ.
２にか国こく語ご
Variant using Arabic numeral 2 and hiragana か.
２ヵ国語にかこくご
Variant using Arabic numeral 2 and small katakana ヵ.
２に箇か国こく語ご
Variant using Arabic numeral 2 and kanji 箇.

Etymology

Compound of 二 (two), the counter ヶ (a variant of 箇), 国 (country), and 語 (language). The reading にかこくご is a straightforward combination of the readings of its parts.