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Showing words for DIALECT using the English dictionary

7 Letter Words for Dialect

citadel, delicat, deltaic, dialect, edictal, lactide

6 Letter Words for Dialect

atelic, dacite, delict, deltic, detail, diacle, dietal, dilate, edital, lactid, laetic, tailed, tecali

5 Letter Words for Dialect

acted, adlet, ailed, alcid, alice, aliet, alite, cadet, cadie, calid, catel, cital, cited, clade, clead, cleat, clied, clite, dalet, datil, dealt, decal, decil, delit, delta, diact, dicta, dital, eclat, ectad, ectal, edict, elaic, eliad, ictal, ideal, ideta, ileac, laced, lacet, laeti, lated, licet, lited, taled, telia, telic, tical, ticed, tidal, tilde, tiled

4 Letter Words for Dialect

aced, acid, acle, adet, adit, aide, aiel, aile, alce, alec, ated, atle, atli, cade, cadi, caid, cate, cedi, ceil, celt, ceti, cide, ciel, cite, clad, clat, cled, clit, dace, dail, dale, dali, dalt, date, deal, decl, deia, deil, deli, delt, deti, dial, dice, dict, diel, diet, dita, dite, eadi, ecad, edit, eila, eild, etic, iced, idea, idle, ilea, ital, itel, lace, lade, laet, laic, laid, lait, late, lati, lead, leat, lect, leda, lice, lied, lite, tace, tade, taed, tael, tail, talc, tald, tale, tali, tead, teal, teca, teil, tela, teld, teli, tice, tide, tied, tile

3 Letter Words for Dialect

ace, act, adc, ade, aid, ail, ait, alc, ald, ale, alt, ate, cad, cai, cal, cat, cel, cia, cid, cie, cit, cli, cte, dae, dal, dat, dca, dea, dec, dei, del, det, dia, die, dil, dit, dle, ead, eat, ect, ela, eld, eli, elt, eta, etc, ice, ida, ide, ile, ita, itd, lac, lad, lai, lat, lca, lcd, lea, led, lei, let, lid, lie, lit, ltd, tad, tai, tal, tea, tec, ted, tel, tic, tid, tie, til, tlc

Definitions for Dialect

[1] Linguistics . a variety of a language that is distinguished from other varieties of the same language by features of phonology, grammar, and vocabulary, and by its use by a group of speakers who are set off from others geographically or socially.
[2] a provincial, rural, or socially distinct variety of a language that differs from the standard language, especially when considered as substandard.
[3] a special variety of a language: The literary dialect is usually taken as the standard language.
[4] a language considered as one of a group that have a common ancestor: Persian, Latin, and English are Indo-European dialects.
[5] jargon or cant.
[6] 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 a form of a language that is considered inferior the farmer spoke dialect and was despised by the merchants (as modifier ) a dialect word

Words related to Dialect

patois, vocabulary, language, accent, idiom, pronunciation, vernacular, lingo, tongue, jargon, terminology, slang, patter, argot, cant, provincialism, localism, regionalism

Words nearby Dialect

dial gauge, dial tone, dial train, dial-up, dial., dialect, dialect atlas, dialect geography, dialectal, dialectic, dialectical

Origin of Dialect

1545–55; < Latin dialectus < Greek diálektos discourse, language, dialect, equivalent to dialég(esthai ) to converse (dia- dia- + légein to speak) + -tos verbal adjective suffix

Other words from Dialect

sub·di·a·lect , noun

Word origin for Dialect

C16: from Latin dialectus, from Greek dialektos speech, dialect, discourse, from dialegesthai to converse, from legein to talk, speak

Synonyms for Dialect

accent, idiom, jargon, language, lingo, patois, pronunciation, slang, terminology, tongue, vernacular, vocabulary, argot, cant, localism, patter, provincialism, regionalism