dialect

noun

di·a·lect ˈdī-ə-ˌlekt How to pronounce dialect (audio)

often attributive

linguistics

: a regional variety of language distinguished by features of vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation from other regional varieties and constituting together with them a single language

the Doric dialect of ancient Greek

a dialect of Chinese spoken in Hong Kong

: one of two or more cognate (see cognate entry 1 sense 3a) languages

French and Italian are Romance dialects

: a variety of a language used by the members of a group

such dialects as politics and advertising

Philip Howard

: a variety of language whose identity is fixed by a factor other than geography (such as social class)

spoke a rough peasant dialect

: register sense 4c

: a version of a computer programming language

: manner or means of expressing oneself : phraseology

dialectal

ˌdī-ə-ˈlek-tᵊl How to pronounce dialect (audio)

adjective

dialectally

ˌdī-ə-ˈlek-tə-lē How to pronounce dialect (audio)

adverb

Example Sentences

They speak a southern dialect of French. The author uses dialect in his writing. The play was hard to understand when the characters spoke in dialect.

Recent Examples on the Web Tausz Ronai — who is fluent in Italian, Fiumano (a dialect of Venetian), Hungarian, German, French, English and Portuguese — would become an accomplished architect and write three books, including one on her life story and another for children.

Marcus M. Gilban, Sun Sentinel, 7 Sep. 2022 Officially, Beijing designates Cantonese as a dialect.

Mary Hui, Quartz, 5 Sep. 2022 Svevo spoke Triestine, a dialect that borrows from Slovenian, Greek, and German, and is unintelligible to other Italians.

Nathaniel Rich, The New York Review of Books, 24 Aug. 2022 Each first-person story is written in vivid dialect, through which the characters’ backgrounds and personalities—and to an affecting degree, their destinies—are revealed.

Sam Sacks, WSJ, 19 Aug. 2022 The Presbyterian church in Taiwan is known for its support of pro-independence causes, and the Laguna Woods congregation conducts services in the Taiwanese dialect, rather than Mandarin.

Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2022 The locals speak in a weird German-sounding dialect and eat apple Strüdel and Canederli (knödel) dumplings.

Silvia Marchetti, CNN, 11 Aug. 2022 The children sing songs in an old African American dialect of English that can be found in Negro spirituals.

Scott Dalton, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 July 2022 Among the middle-class families were a few garrulous groups of men with tattooed arms, roaring genially in dialect and dispatching huge plates of calamari with messy gusto.

Maria Shollenbarger, Travel + Leisure, 20 June 2022 See More

单词	dialects
释义	dialect noun di·a·lect ˈdī-ə-ˌlekt often attributive 1 linguistics a : a regional variety of language distinguished by features of vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation from other regional varieties and constituting together with them a single language the Doric dialect of ancient Greek a dialect of Chinese spoken in Hong Kong b : one of two or more cognate (see cognate entry 1 sense 3a) languages French and Italian are Romance dialects c : a variety of a language used by the members of a group such dialects as politics and advertising Philip Howard d : a variety of language whose identity is fixed by a factor other than geography (such as social class) spoke a rough peasant dialect e : register sense 4c f : a version of a computer programming language 2 : manner or means of expressing oneself : phraseology dialectal ˌdī-ə-ˈlek-tᵊl adjective dialectally ˌdī-ə-ˈlek-tə-lē adverb Synonyms argot cant jargon jive language lingo patois patter shop shoptalk slang terminology vocabulary See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences They speak a southern dialect of French. The author uses dialect in his writing. The play was hard to understand when the characters spoke in dialect. Recent Examples on the Web Tausz Ronai — who is fluent in Italian, Fiumano (a dialect of Venetian), Hungarian, German, French, English and Portuguese — would become an accomplished architect and write three books, including one on her life story and another for children. Marcus M. Gilban, Sun Sentinel, 7 Sep. 2022 Officially, Beijing designates Cantonese as a dialect. Mary Hui, Quartz, 5 Sep. 2022 Svevo spoke Triestine, a dialect that borrows from Slovenian, Greek, and German, and is unintelligible to other Italians. Nathaniel Rich, The New York Review of Books, 24 Aug. 2022 Each first-person story is written in vivid dialect, through which the characters’ backgrounds and personalities—and to an affecting degree, their destinies—are revealed. Sam Sacks, WSJ, 19 Aug. 2022 The Presbyterian church in Taiwan is known for its support of pro-independence causes, and the Laguna Woods congregation conducts services in the Taiwanese dialect, rather than Mandarin. Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2022 The locals speak in a weird German-sounding dialect and eat apple Strüdel and Canederli (knödel) dumplings. Silvia Marchetti, CNN, 11 Aug. 2022 The children sing songs in an old African American dialect of English that can be found in Negro spirituals. Scott Dalton, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 July 2022 Among the middle-class families were a few garrulous groups of men with tattooed arms, roaring genially in dialect and dispatching huge plates of calamari with messy gusto. Maria Shollenbarger, Travel + Leisure, 20 June 2022 See More Word History Etymology Middle French dialecte, from Latin dialectus, from Greek dialektos conversation, dialect, from dialegesthai to converse — more at dialogue First Known Use 1566, in the meaning defined at sense 1a Phrases Containing dialect dialect geography dialect atlas sub-dialect dialect geography dialect atlas sub-dialect Kids Definition dialect noun di·a·lect ˈdī-ə-ˌlekt : a form of a language that is spoken in a certain region or by a certain group dialects noun plural of dialect as in languages the special terms or expressions of a particular group or field the promotional team for the new computer used a dialect full of acronyms that the press found difficult to follow Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance languages terminologies vocabularies slangs idioms patois argots lingoes jargons lingos vernaculars regionalisms colloquialisms localisms cants shoptalk pidgins patter shops jives vernacularisms speeches colloquials provincialisms parlances slanguages educationeses bureaucrateses technobabbles journaleses computereses governmenteses cyberspeaks
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dialect

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