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dialect +‎ -al.

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  • IPA(key): /ˌdaɪəˈlɛktəl/
  • (file)

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dialectal (comparative more dialectal, superlative most dialectal)

  1. Of or relating to a dialect.
  2. Peculiar to a (nonstandard) variety or lect.
    • 1908, “lay v.¹”, in James A. H. Murray et al., editors, A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume VI, Part 1, London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 128:
      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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Asturian edit

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  • IPA(key): /djaleɡˈtal/, [d̪ja.leɣ̞ˈt̪al]

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dialectal (epicene, plural dialectales)

  1. Alternative form of dialeutal

Catalan edit

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From dialecte +‎ -al.

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dialectal m or f (masculine and feminine plural dialectals)

  1. dialectal

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French edit

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From dialecte +‎ -al.

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dialectal (feminine dialectale, masculine plural dialectaux, feminine plural dialectales)

  1. dialectal
    Le lituanien comporte deux grands groupes dialectaux.
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dialectal m (feminine singular dialectala, masculine plural dialectals, feminine plural dialectalas)

  1. dialectal

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dialectal m or f (plural dialectais)

  1. Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1990) of dialetal. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn't come into effect; may occur as a sporadic misspelling.

Romanian edit

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Borrowed from French dialectal.

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dialectal m or n (feminine singular dialectală, masculine plural dialectali, feminine and neuter plural dialectale)

  1. dialectal

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Etymology edit

From dialecto +‎ -al.

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  • IPA(key): /djaleɡˈtal/ [d̪ja.leɣ̞ˈt̪al]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: dia‧lec‧tal

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dialectal m or f (masculine and feminine plural dialectales)

  1. dialectal

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