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dialecto — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • dialect noun A form of a language spoken in a particular region or by a particular group, differing from the standard version in vocabulary, grammar, or pronunciation.
  • patois noun A regional dialect (usually one considered substandard) of a language (especially French).
  • vernacular noun The everyday, informal language spoken by ordinary people in a particular place, as opposed to formal or literary language.

Senses

dialecto is used for these senses in English:

  • patois A regional dialect (usually one considered substandard) of a language (especially French).
  • vernacular Language unique to a particular group of people.

patois — full definition

  1. noun A regional dialect (usually one considered substandard) of a language (especially French).
  2. noun Any of various French, Franco-Provençal or Occitan dialects spoken in France.
  3. noun Creole French in the Caribbean (especially in Dominica, St. Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago, and Haiti).
  4. noun Ellipsis of Jamaican Patois.

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