puhekieli — meaning in English
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English meaning
- parole noun The early, conditional release of a prisoner who agrees to follow certain rules and report to an officer.
- vernacular noun The everyday, informal language spoken by ordinary people in a particular place, as opposed to formal or literary language.
Senses
puhekieli is used for these senses in English:
- eye dialect (uncountable) Nonstandard spellings which, although they indicate a standard pronunciation, are deliberately substituted in place of the standard spellings, often to indicate that a speaker's regular use of language is nonstandard or dialectal.
- parole (linguistics) Language in use, as opposed to language as a system. [from 20th c.]
- vernacular Everyday speech or dialect, including colloquialisms, as opposed to standard, literary, liturgical, or scientific idiom.
parole — full definition
- noun The early, conditional release of a prisoner who agrees to follow certain rules and report to an officer.
- verb To release a prisoner early on the condition that they follow certain rules.
vernacular — full definition
- noun The everyday, informal language spoken by ordinary people in a particular place, as opposed to formal or literary language.
- adj Relating to this kind of everyday, local language or style.