lect

See also: -lect

Contents

EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Use of the compound element -lect as an independent noun.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /lɛkt/
• Homophone: -lect
• Rhymes: -ɛkt

NounEdit

lect (plural lects)

1. (linguistics, sociolinguistics) A specific form of a language or language cluster: a language or a dialect.
   • 1980, Frederick B. Agard, The Genealogy of the French Language, published in Contributions to historical linguistics →ISBN, page 222:

     These, together with (some) Romansh lects, belong to our West Rhaetian; the /ȫ/ also supported by two lects from the Ticino which by our criteria are NWIt, and by the partially umlauting lects of Lombardy which together with (some) Engadine lects belong to our East Rhaetian.

Usage notesEdit

The term is used when it is not possible or preferable to decide whether something is a distinct language or only a dialect of a language.

SynonymsEdit

• variety
• code

HyponymsEdit

• chronolect (a diachronically defined lect)
• sublect
• topolect (a geographically defined lect)

Derived termsEdit

• lectal

TranslationsEdit

variety

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Esperanto: idiomo (eo)

• Finnish: lekti
• French: lecte (fr) m
• German: Lekt (de) m
• Russian: лект m (lekt)

See alsoEdit

• -lect

AnagramsEdit

• Celt, celt