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• puheenparsi• kansanmurre• murre* * *(a way of speaking found only in a certain area or among a certain group or class of people: They were speaking in dialect.) murre
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dialect — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ local, native, regional ▪ rural, urban ▪ non standard ▪ northern, southern … Collocations dictionary
dialect — ► NOUN ▪ a form of a language which is peculiar to a specific region or social group. DERIVATIVES dialectal adjective. ORIGIN originally in the sense «dialectic»: from Greek dialektos discourse, way of speaking … English terms dictionary
dialect geography — noun the study of the geographical distribution of linguistic features • Syn: ↑linguistic geography • Hypernyms: ↑linguistics * * * noun : linguistic geography * * * dialect geographer … Useful english dictionary
dialect — noun the island dialect was influenced by the Spanish in the sixteenth century Syn: regional language, local language, local speech, vernacular, patois, idiom; regionalisms, localisms; informal lingo •• dialect, argot, cant, jargon, lingo, slang … Thesaurus of popular words
dialect — noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle French dialecte, from Latin dialectus, from Greek dialektos conversation, dialect, from dialegesthai to converse more at dialogue Date: 1577 1. a. a regional variety of … New Collegiate Dictionary
dialect — noun /ˈdɑɪ.ə.ˌlɛkt/ a) A variety of a language (specifically, often a spoken variety) that is characteristic of a particular area, community or group, often with relatively minor differences in vocabulary, style, spelling and pronunciation. A… … Wiktionary
dialect atlas — noun an atlas showing the distribution of distinctive linguistic features • Syn: ↑linguistic atlas • Hypernyms: ↑atlas, ↑book of maps, ↑map collection * * * noun : linguistic atlas * * * … Useful english dictionary
dialect atlas — noun Date: 1925 linguistic atlas … New Collegiate Dictionary
dialect geography — noun Date: 1926 linguistic geography … New Collegiate Dictionary
dialect continuum — noun A range of dialects that vary slightly by region, so that the further apart two regions are, the more the language differs … Wiktionary
dialect — noun (C, U) a variety of a language spoken only in one area, in which words or grammar are slightly different from other forms of the same language compare accent 1 (1), idiolect … Longman dictionary of contemporary English