dialect
dialect Lexical Profile
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• noun
A particular form of a language that is peculiar to a specific geographical region or social group, distinguished by its vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation.
"Waiters in the remote mountain village spoke a local dialect that visitors from the capital could barely understand."
A specific version or variant of a computer programming language that differs slightly from the standard specification.
"The legacy database relies on a proprietary dialect of SQL that requires specialized syntax for complex queries."
Word Nuance & Usage
In linguistics, a dialect encompasses distinct vocabulary and grammar in addition to pronunciation, whereas an 'accent' refers exclusively to differences in pronunciation.
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the mid-16th century from Middle French dialecte or directly from Latin dialectus, ultimately from Ancient Greek diálektos ('discourse, conversation, local way of speaking'), from dialégomai ('to converse with one another').