dialect

(eg. solace, flower, grace )

dialect  /ˈdaɪ ə ˌlɛkt/ ? Meaning of "dialect"

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Definition(s):

  • (n) the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people

Synonym(s)

idiom

Usage(s):

  1. The jarring sounds underscore just how different a dialect can be from the Italian taught in school.
  2. Charlie also recalls a few words of what has been identified as a Liberian dialect.
  3. Lee was a third generation Straits Chinese, however, and grew up speaking Malay, English and the Cantonese dialect of his family's maid.

Quotes

  • According to a book chronicling the campaign, Reid said he country "was ready to embrace a black presidential candidate, especially one such as Obama - a 'light-skinned' African American 'with no Negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one.'"
    on Jan 11, 2010 By: Harry Reid Source: Iowa Independent

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