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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

  1. noun The early, conditional release of a prisoner who agrees to follow certain rules and report to an officer.
  2. verb To release a prisoner early on the condition that they follow certain rules.

vernacular — full definition

  1. noun The everyday, informal language spoken by ordinary people in a particular place, as opposed to formal or literary language.
  2. adj Relating to this kind of everyday, local language or style.

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