dialectal

dialectal

of a dialect

Not to be confused with:

dialectic – of logical argumentation

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di·a·lect

 (dī′ə-lĕkt′)

n.

1.

a. A regional or social variety of a language distinguished by pronunciation, grammar, or vocabulary, especially a variety of speech differing from the standard literary language or speech pattern of the culture in which it exists: Cockney is a dialect of English.

b. A variety of language that with other varieties constitutes a single language of which no single variety is standard: the dialects of Ancient Greek.

2. The language peculiar to the members of a group, especially in an occupation; jargon: the dialect of science.

3. The manner or style of expressing oneself in language or the arts.

4. A language considered as part of a larger family of languages or a linguistic branch. Not in scientific use: Spanish and French are Romance dialects.

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[French dialecte, from Old French, from Latin dialectus, form of speech, from Greek dialektos, speech, from dialegesthai, to discourse, use a dialect : dia-, between, over; see dia- + legesthai, middle voice of legein, to speak; see leg- in Indo-European roots.]

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di′a·lec′tal adj.

di′a·lec′tal·ly adv.

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di•a•lec•tal

(ˌdaɪ əˈlɛk tl)

adj.

of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a dialect.

[1825–35]

di`a•lec′tal•ly, adv.

usage: In linguistics dialectal, not dialectical, is the term more commonly used to denote regional or social language variation.

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Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

dialectal - belonging to or characteristic of a dialect; "dialectal variation"

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Translations

hovorovýnářeční

murteellinenomaperäinen

dijalekatskidijalektninarječni

dialettale

dialectal

[ˌdaɪəˈlektl] ADJ → dialectal

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dialectal

adj → dialektal; (local, rural also) → mundartlich

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