English > dialect: 1 sense > noun 1, communicationMeaning | The usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people. |
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Examples | - "the immigrants spoke an odd dialect of English"
- "it has been said that a language is a dialect with an army and navy"
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Synonyms | idiom, accent |
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Narrower | eye dialect | The use of misspellings to identify a colloquial or uneducated speaker |
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patois | A regional dialect of a language (especially French) |
Broader | non-standard speech | speech that differs from the usual / usual accepted, easily recognizable speech of native adult members of a speech community |
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Usage | euphonious | (of speech or dialect) pleasing in sound |
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forward, forwards, frontward, frontwards, forrad, forrard | At or to or toward the front |
spang, bang | leap, jerk, bang |
Spanish | acento, dialecto |
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Catalan | accent, dialecte, parlar |
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Adjectives | dialectal | belonging to or characteristic of a dialect |
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