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Dialectal

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Adjective

1. dialectal

belonging to or characteristic of a dialect

Example Sentences:
'dialectal variation'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Dialectal

see synonyms of dialectal
noun
a. 
a form of a language spoken in a particular geographical area or by members of a particular social class or occupational group, distinguished by its vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation
b. 
a form of a language that is considered inferior
the farmer spoke dialect and was despised by the merchants
c. 
(as modifier)
a dialect word

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Dialectal

see synonyms of dialectal
noun
1. 
the sum total of local characteristics of speech
2.  Rare
the sum total of an individual's characteristics of speech; idiolect
3.  Popularly
any form of speech considered as deviating from a real or imaginary standard speech
4.  Linguistics
a. 
a form or variety of a spoken language, including the standard form, peculiar to a region, community, social group, occupational group, etc.: in this sense, dialects are regarded as being, to some degree, mutually intelligible while languages are not mutually intelligible
b. 
any language as a member of a group or family of languages
English is a West Germanic dialect
adjective
5. 
of or in a dialect
dialect ballads

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Dialectal

see synonyms of dialectal
n.
1.
a. A regional or social variety of a language distinguished by pronunciation, grammar, or vocabulary, especially a variety of speech differing from the standard literary language or speech pattern of the culture in which it exists: Cockney is a dialect of English.
b. A variety of language that with other varieties constitutes a single language of which no single variety is standard: the dialects of Ancient Greek.
2. The language peculiar to the members of a group, especially in an occupation; jargon: the dialect of science.
3. The manner or style of expressing oneself in language or the arts.
4. A language considered as part of a larger family of languages or a linguistic branch. Not in scientific use: Spanish and French are Romance dialects.

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