dialecte
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin dialectos, from Ancient Greek διάλεκτος (diálektos).
Pronunciation
French
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin dialectus, from Ancient Greek διάλεκτος (diálektos).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dja.lɛkt/
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Noun
dialecte m (plural dialectes)
- (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
Usage notes
- 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).
Further reading
- “dialecte” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /di.aˈlek.te/, [di.aˈɫɛk.tɛ]
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