dialecte

Borrowed from Latin dialectos, from Ancient Greek διάλεκτος (diálektos).

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /di.əˈlɛk.tə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /di.aˈlɛk.te/
• Rhymes: -ɛkte

dialecte m (plural dialectes)

1. dialect

• dialectal

Learned borrowing from Latin dialectus, from Ancient Greek διάλεκτος (diálektos).

• IPA^(key): /dja.lɛkt/

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dialecte m (plural dialectes)

1. (linguistics) language socially subordinate to a regional or national standard language, often historically cognate to the standard, but not a variety of it or in any other sense derived from it
2. (colloquial) dialect

• The first meaning is technical and widely used in linguistic literature. Under the influence of English and translations, the word has also acquired the second, non-technical meaning; instead, technical literature prefers the expression français régional (or "any language" + régional).

• “dialecte” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

• décelait
• délicate

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /di.aˈlek.te/, [di.aˈɫɛk.tɛ]

dialecte f

1. vocative singular of dialectos