idiolect
English edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɪd.i.əʊ̯.lɛkt/, /ˈɪd.i.ə.lɛkt/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɪd.i.ə.lɛkt/
- (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈɘ.di.ɐʉ.lekt/
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Noun edit
idiolect (plural idiolects)
- (linguistics) The language variant used by a specific individual.
- 2012, John Mullan, What Matters in Jane Austen?: Twenty Crucial Puzzles Solved, page 3:
- She perfected the fictional idiolect, fashioning habits of speaking for even minor characters that rendered them utterly singular.
Coordinate terms edit
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Translations edit
variant of a language used by a particular individual
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Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Internationalism; see English idiolect, from which it may be borrowed.
Pronunciation edit
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Noun edit
idiolect n (plural idiolecten, diminutive idiolectje n)
Further reading edit
- idiolect on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English idiolect.
Noun edit
idiolect n (plural idiolecte)
Declension edit
Declension of idiolect
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) idiolect | idiolectul | (niște) idiolecte | idiolectele |
genitive/dative | (unui) idiolect | idiolectului | (unor) idiolecte | idiolectelor |
vocative | idiolectule | idiolectelor |