dialect

Meaning

1. (neuter) dialect (language variety)
2. (neuter) non-standard dialect; vernacular

Concepts

dialect

slang

jargon

vernacular

argot

regional variation in pronunciation

idiom

patois

speech

Synonyms

tongval

streektaal

Bargoens

taaltje

bargoens

gewesttaal

accent

mondaard

groepstaal

jargon

Translations

dialecte

Dialekt

dialecto

Mundart

dialetto

dialecto

dialeto

dialecte

lehçe

patois

διάλεκτος

dialectos

dialectus

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌdijaːˈlɛkt/

Etymology

From Middle French dialecte, from Latin dialectos, dialectus, from Ancient Greek διάλεκτος (diálektos, “conversation, the language of a country or a place or a nation, the local idiom which derives from a dominant language”), from διαλέγομαι (dialégomai, “I participate in a dialogue”), from διά (diá, “inter, through”) + λέγω (légō, “I speak”).