dialectnoun [ C or U ]
uk/ˈdaɪ.ə.lekt/us/ˈdaɪ.ə.lekt/C2 a form of a language that people speak in a particular part of a country, containing some different words and grammar, etc.:
a regional dialect
The poem is written in northern dialect.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Ways of speaking
- accent
- accentuate
- aitch
- asperity
- BBC English
- cut glass
- get your tongue around/round sth idiom
- intone
- lenis
- modulate
- monotone
- plummy
- pragmatics
- singsong
- soft-spoken
- sotto voce
- speech therapy
- spoken
- stumble
- trip off the tongue idiom
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