dialect

Moldavian

/di.aˈlekt/

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

Borrowed from French dialecte.

Origin

French

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