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dialectal

adj
/ˌdaɪəˈlɛktəl/

Etymology

From dialect + -al.

  1. derived from διάλεκτος
  2. derived from dialectos
  3. derived from dialecte
  4. suffixed as dialectal — “dialect + al”

Definitions

  1. Of or relating to a dialect.

  2. Peculiar to a (nonstandard) variety or lect.

    • Now (exc. in Nautical language, see b) it is only dialectal or an illiterate substitute for lie, its identity of form with the past tense of the latter no doubt accounting largely for the confusion.

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Derived

adialectal, bidialectal, dialectality, dialectally, extradialectal, interdialectal, intradialectal, monodialectal, multidialectal, non-dialectal, nondialectal, pandialectal, semidialectal, transdialectal

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA