dialecte

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Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin dialectos, from Ancient Greek διάλεκτος (diálektos).

Pronunciation

Noun

dialecte m (plural dialectes)

  1. dialect

Derived terms

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French

Etymology

From Middle French dialecte, from Latin dialectus, from Ancient Greek διάλεκτος (diálektos).

Pronunciation

Noun

dialecte m (plural dialectes)

  1. (linguistics) language socially subordinate to a regional or national standard language, often historically cognate to the standard, but not a variety of it or in any other sense derived from it
  2. (colloquial) dialect

Usage notes

  • The first meaning is technical and widely used in linguistic literature, while the second, non-technical, is older and predates modern scientific linguistics. The latter is reinforced by the influence of English, but technical literature prefers the expression français régional (or "any language" + régional).

Descendants

  • Romanian: dialect
  • Turkish: diyalekt

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Latin

Pronunciation

Noun

(deprecated template usage) dialecte f

  1. vocative singular of dialectos

Middle French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin dialectus.

Pronunciation

Noun

dialecte m (plural dialectes)

  1. dialect
    • 1565, Abrégé de l'art poétique français, by Pierre de Ronsard
      Tu sçauras dextrement choisir & approprier à ton œuvre les vocables plus significatifs des dialectes de nostre France, quand ceux de ta nation ne seront assez propres ne signifians, ne se faut soucier s'ils sont Gascons, Poiteuins, Normans, Manceaux, Lionnois ou d'autre pays, pourveu qu'ils soyent bons, & que proprement ils expriment ce que tu veux dire, sans affecter par trop le parler de la court, lequel est quelques-fois tresmauvai, pour estre le langage de Damoyselles et ieunes Gentils-hommes qui font plus profession de bien combattre que de bien parler.

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