Definitions for dialect

dialect di·a·lect

Spelling: [dahy-uh-lekt]
IPA: /ˈdaɪ əˌlɛkt/

Dialect is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 266 anagrams from letters in dialect (acdeilt).

Definitions for dialect

noun

  1. 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.
  2. a provincial, rural, or socially distinct variety of a language that differs from the standard language, especially when considered as substandard.
  3. a special variety of a language:
  4. a language considered as one of a group that have a common ancestor:
  5. jargon or cant.

Origin of dialect

1545-55; Latin dialectus Greek diálektos discourse, language, dialect, equivalent to dialég(esthai) to converse (dia- dia- + légein to speak) + -tos verbal adjective s

Examples for dialect

dialect, for instance, was not his métier, so like a true devotee of the form he exploited his incompetence for laughs.

But it was in the dialect of the West African Fulani language and for weeks no translation was available.

Not only did his dialect differ from those about him, but his habits were not those of a woodsman.

He prided himself on being able to speak the broadest of the dialect.

You know not how much you please me, that I can talk to you in this dialect.

He frequently slips into Neapolitan dialect so thick that is incomprehensible.

Sicilian dialect is filled with Arabic words like mischinu (taken from the Arabic word miskin), which means a poor person.

“For me to learn any Romance or Germanic dialect, just put me in the environment, and it would come alive,” he said.

Phoebe in her earnestness forgot to keep within the limitations of their dialect.

No; nor is the dialect of speech: both are characteristic and national distinctions.

Word Value for dialect
Scrable

10

Words with friends

12

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