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dialect
[ dahy-uh-lekt ]
noun
- Linguistics. a variety of a language that is distinguished from other varieties of the same language by features of phonology, grammar, and vocabulary, and by its use by a group of speakers who are set off from others geographically or socially.
- a provincial, rural, or socially distinct variety of a language that differs from the standard language, especially when considered as substandard.
Synonyms: ,
- a special variety of a language:
The literary dialect is usually taken as the standard language.
- a language considered as one of a group that have a common ancestor:
Persian, Latin, and English are Indo-European dialects.
- jargon or cant.
dialect
/ ˈ岹ɪəˌɛ /
noun
- a form of a language spoken in a particular geographical area or by members of a particular social class or occupational group, distinguished by its vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation
- a form of a language that is considered inferior
the farmer spoke dialect and was despised by the merchants
- ( as modifier )
a dialect word
Derived Forms
- ˌ徱ˈٲ, adjective
Other 51Թs From
- ܲ·徱a· noun
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of dialect1
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Example Sentences
Fair warning: It sounds a lot like English, but the language takes on an entirely new meaning in developers’ native dialect.
“Severance” takes corporate dialect beyond the practice of concise, emotionally neutral workplace communication — office jargon’s alleged purpose — into an alternate universe.
The inventory will also include its unique dialect, bush medicine, games, crafts, architecture and boat-building techniques.
"Iranians were here. They all fled," one of them says, speaking in his mother tongue, a dialect of Turkish.
The last thing I’d like to say about it is that there’s been a lot of confusion about the dialect, and I think there was confusion about where we used it in the film.
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