| 单词 | diglossia |
| 释义 | diglossia[ dahy-glos-ee-uh, -glaw-see-uh ] / daɪˈglɒs i ə, -ˈglɔ si ə / nounthe widespread existence within a society of sharply divergent formal and informal varieties of a language each used in different social contexts or for performing different functions, as the existence of Katharevusa and Demotic in modern Greece. Pathology. the presence of two tongues or of a single tongue divided into two parts by a cleft. Origin of diglossia1955–60; Latinization of French diglossie, equivalent to Greek díglōss(os) speaking two languages (see diglot) + French -ie-y3 OTHER WORDS FROM diglossiadi·glos·sic [dahy-glos-ik], /daɪˈglɒs ɪk/, adjectiveWords nearby diglossiadigitized, digitoxin, digitron, digitule, digitus, diglossia, diglot, diglyceride, diglycolic acid, dignified, dignify Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for diglossiadiglossia / (daɪˈɡlɒsɪə) / nounlinguistics the existence in a language of a high, or socially prestigious, and a low, or everyday, form, as German and Swiss German in Switzerland Word Origin for diglossiaC20: New Latin, via French, from Greek diglōssos speaking two languages: see diglot Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Medical definitions for diglossiadiglossia [ dī-glŏs′ē-ə ] n.bifid tongue The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. |
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