dialect
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
dialect /ˈdʌɪəlɛkt/
▶noun
- 1 a form of a language which is peculiar to a specific region or social group.
- 2 Computing a particular version of a programming language.
– derivatives
dialectal /-ˈlɛkt(ə)l/ adjective.
dialectal /-ˈlɛkt(ə)l/ adjective.
– origin C16 (denoting the art of investigating the truth of opinions): from Fr. dialecte, or via L. from Gk dialektos ‘discourse, way of speaking’, from dialegesthai (see dialogue).
'dialect' also found in these Oxford entries:
acrolect
- afeared
- afore
- agin
- along
- alow
- Andalusian
- anyways
- anywheres
- argufy
- aright
- art
- Ashanti
- Assyrian
- Attic
- aye
- babby
- Babylonian
- barm
- basilect
- Bavarian
- bent
- bide
- blench
- bobsy-die
- bosting
- boughten
- bourn
- brung
- calculate
- causey
- champion
- chitter
- chuddy
- chumble
- claggy
- cockney
- coil
- collard
- collop
- Corsican
- critter
- cushat
- Cypriot
- dap
- dene
- didicoi
- ding
- dingle
