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Synonyms for dialect

Grammar : Noun
Spell : dahy-uh-lekt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdaɪ əˌlɛkt

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Définition of dialect

Origin :
  • 1570s, "form of speech of a region or group," from Middle French dialecte, from Latin dialectus "local language, way of speaking, conversation," from Greek dialektos "talk, conversation, speech;" also "the language of a country, dialect," from dialegesthai "converse with each other," from dia- "across, between" (see dia-) + legein "speak" (see lecture (n.)).
  • noun local speech
Example sentences :
  • No; nor is the dialect of speech: both are characteristic and national distinctions.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • Not only did his dialect differ from those about him, but his habits were not those of a woodsman.
  • Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith
  • Phoebe in her earnestness forgot to keep within the limitations of their dialect.
  • Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower
  • You know not how much you please me, that I can talk to you in this dialect.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 3 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • He prided himself on being able to speak the broadest of the dialect.
  • Extract from : « Heather and Snow » by George MacDonald
  • All dialect and "baby talk" has been left as in the original.
  • Extract from : « Jan and Her Job » by L. Allen Harker
  • Maddalena turned to the two women and spoke to them loudly in dialect.
  • Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens
  • Then the word difficult or hard is explained to mean 'evil' in the Cean dialect.
  • Extract from : « Protagoras » by Plato
  • Let us ask Prodicus, for he ought to be able to answer questions about the dialect of Simonides.
  • Extract from : « Protagoras » by Plato
  • Have I not bidden you leave the vulgarities of dialect to the vulgar?
  • Extract from : « The Strolling Saint » by Raphael Sabatini

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