dialectal

English

Etymology

dialect + -al.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌdaɪəˈlɛktəl/
  • (file)

Adjective

dialectal (comparative more dialectal, superlative most dialectal)

  1. Of or relating to a dialect.
  2. Peculiar to a (nonstandard) variety or lect.
    • 1908, “lay v.¹”, in James A. H. Murray [et al.], editors, A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume VI, Part 1, London: Clarendon Press, OCLC 15566697, page 128:
      Now (exc. in Nautical language, see b) it is only dialectal or an illiterate substitute for lie, its identity of form with the past tense of the latter no doubt accounting largely for the confusion.

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Asturian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /djaleɡˈtal/, [d̪ja.leɣ̞ˈt̪al]

Adjective

dialectal (epicene, plural dialectales)

  1. Alternative form of dialeutal

Catalan

Etymology

dialecte + -al

Pronunciation

Adjective

dialectal (masculine and feminine plural dialectals)

  1. dialectal

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French

Etymology

From dialecte + -al.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dja.lɛk.tal/
  • (file)

Adjective

dialectal (feminine dialectale, masculine plural dialectaux, feminine plural dialectales)

  1. dialectal
    Le lituanien comporte deux grands groupes dialectaux.
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Occitan

Alternative forms

Adjective

dialectal m (feminine singular dialectala, masculine plural dialectals, feminine plural dialectalas)

  1. dialectal

Portuguese

Adjective

dialectal m or f (plural dialectais)

  1. Superseded spelling of dialetal. (Superseded in Brazil by the 1943 spelling reform and by the Portuguese Language Orthographic Agreement of 1990 elsewhere. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and as an alternative spelling in Portugal.)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French dialectal.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dialekˈtal/

Adjective

dialectal m or n (feminine singular dialectală, masculine plural dialectali, feminine and neuter plural dialectale)

  1. dialectal

Declension


Spanish

Etymology

dialecto + -al

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /djaleɡˈtal/ [d̪ja.leɣ̞ˈt̪al]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: dia‧lec‧tal

Adjective

dialectal (plural dialectales)

  1. dialectal

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