dialecte

French

noun
Definitions
  • (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
  • (colloquial) dialect

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French dialecte derived from Latin dialectus (local language, way of speaking, conversation) derived from Ancient Greek διάλεκτος (conversation, the language of a country a place a nation, the local idiom which derives from a dominant language, speech, talk, way of speaking).

Origin

Ancient Greek

διάλεκτος

Gloss

conversation, the language of a country a place a nation, the local idiom which derives from a dominant language, speech, talk, way of speaking

Concept
Semantic Field

Basic actions and technology

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Emoji

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