dialect
noun /ˈdaɪəlekt/
/ˈdaɪəlekt/
[countable, uncountable]- the form of a language that is spoken in one area with grammar, words and pronunciation that may be different from other forms of the same language
- the Yorkshire dialect
- dialect words/expressions
Wordfinder- accent
- alphabet
- dialect
- grammar
- language
- literacy
- literature
- pronunciation
- translate
- word
Extra ExamplesTopics Languagec1- All languages and dialects change over time.
- She spoke in broad Yorkshire dialect.
- The poet uses a variety of Scots dialect words and expressions.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- local
- native
- regional
- …
- speak
- speak in
- form
- word
- speaker
- …
Word Originmid 16th cent. (denoting the art of investigating the truth of opinions): from French dialecte, or via Latin from Greek dialektos ‘discourse, way of speaking’, from dialegesthai ‘converse with’, from dia ‘through’ + legein ‘speak’.