dialectal

EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

dialect +‎ -al.

PronunciationEdit

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

AdjectiveEdit

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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AsturianEdit

PronunciationEdit

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

AdjectiveEdit

dialectal (epicene, plural dialectales)

  1. Alternative form of dialeutal

CatalanEdit

EtymologyEdit

dialecte +‎ -al

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AdjectiveEdit

dialectal (masculine and feminine plural dialectals)

  1. dialectal

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FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

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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OccitanEdit

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dialectal m (feminine singular dialectala, masculine plural dialectals, feminine plural dialectalas)

  1. dialectal

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PortugueseEdit

AdjectiveEdit

dialectal m or f (plural dialectais)

  1. Superseded spelling of dialetal. (Superseded in Brazil by the 1943 spelling reform and by the Portuguese Language Orthographic Agreement of 1990 elsewhere. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn’t come into effect.)

RomanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

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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SpanishEdit

EtymologyEdit

dialecto +‎ -al

PronunciationEdit

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

AdjectiveEdit

dialectal (plural dialectales)

  1. dialectal

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