lect

See also: -lect

English

Etymology

Use of the compound element -lect as an independent noun.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /lɛkt/
Homophone: -lect
Rhymes: -ɛkt

Noun

lect (plural lects)

(linguistics, sociolinguistics) A specific form of a language or language cluster: a language or a dialect.
- 1980, Frederick B. Agard, The Genealogy of the French Language, published in Contributions to historical linguistics →ISBN, page 222:
  These, together with (some) Romansh lects, belong to our West Rhaetian; the /ȫ/ also supported by two lects from the Ticino which by our criteria are NWIt, and by the partially umlauting lects of Lombardy which together with (some) Engadine lects belong to our East Rhaetian.

Usage notes

The term is used when it is not possible or preferable to decide whether something is a distinct language or only a dialect of a language.

Synonyms

Hyponyms

chronolect (a diachronically defined lect)
sublect
topolect (a geographically defined lect)

Derived terms

lectal

Related terms

Translations

variety

Chinese:
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Esperanto: idiomo (eo)

Finnish: lekti
French: lecte (fr) m
German: Lekt (de) m
Russian: лект m (lekt)

See also

-lect

Anagrams

Celt, celt

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