dialectos

Latin

Alternative forms

• dialectus

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek δῐᾰ́λεκτος (diálektos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /di.aˈlek.tos/, [d̪iäˈɫ̪ɛkt̪ɔs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /di.aˈlek.tos/, [d̪iäˈlɛkt̪os]

Noun

dialectos f (genitive dialectī); second declension

1. a dialect (a form of a language peculiar to a region)

Usage notes

• Nouns of feminine gender are relatively rare in this declension; dialectos inherits its feminine gender from the Ancient Greek διάλεκτος.

Declension

Second-declension noun (Greek-type).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dialectos	dialectī
Genitive	dialectī	dialectōrum
Dative	dialectō	dialectīs
Accusative	dialecton	dialectōs
Ablative	dialectō	dialectīs
Vocative	dialecte	dialectī

Descendants

• Asturian: dialeutu, dialectu
• Catalan: dialecte
• English: dialect
• French: dialecte
• German: Dialekt m
• Istriot: gialìto
• Italian: dialetto

• Norman: dgialecte
• Occitan: dialècte
• Portuguese: dialeto
• Romanian: dialect
• Sardinian: dialetu
• Sicilian: dialettu, rialettu
• Spanish: dialecto

References

• “dĭălectos or -us”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• (-us) dĭălectŏs (-us) in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 518/1.
• dialectos in Ramminger, Johann (2024 August 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• “dialectos” on page 536/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• dialetos (Brazil)

Noun

dialectos

1. (deprecated template usage) Plural of noun dialecto.

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Spanish

Noun

dialectos m pl

1. plural of dialecto