NOUN
  • Definition - A variety of a language that is characteristic of a particular area, community or social group, differing from other varieties of the same language in relatively minor ways as regards grammar, phonology, and lexicon.
  • Definition - Language that is perceived as substandard or wrong.
  • Definition - A language existing only in an oral or non-standardized form, especially a language spoken in a developing country or an isolated region.
  • Definition - A lect (often a regional or minority language) as part of a group or family of languages, especially if they are viewed as a single language, or if contrasted with a standardized idiom that is considered the 'true' form of the language (for example, Cantonese as contrasted with Mandarin Chinese, or Bavarian as contrasted with Standard German).
  • Definition - A variant of a non-standardized programming language.
  • Example - Home computers in the 1980s had many incompatible dialects of BASIC.
  • Definition - A variant form of the vocalizations of a bird species restricted to a certain area or population.
  • Example - Home computers in the 1980s had many incompatible dialects of BASIC.
Words in your word
8 Letter Words
citadels 11 dialects 11
7 Letter Words
castled 10 citadel 10 cladist 10 dacites 10 delicts 10 deltaic 10 dialect 10 edictal 10 elastic 9 laciest 9 latices 9 details 8 dilates 8
4 Letter Words
aced 7 acid 7 cade 7 cadi 7 cads 7 caid 7 cedi 7 clad 7 dace 7 dice 7 disc 7 iced 7 scad 7 aces 6 acts 6 alec 6 asci 6 cals 6 case 6 cast 6 cate 6 cats 6 ceil 6 cels 6 celt 6 cist 6 cite 6 clit 6 etic 6 ices 6 lace 6 lacs 6 laic 6 lice 6 scat 6 sect 6 sice 6 tace 6 talc 6 tecs 6 tics 6 adit 5 aide 5 aids 5 dais 5 dale 5 dals 5 date 5 deal 5 deil 5
3 Letter Words
cad 6 ace 5 act 5 cal 5 cat 5 cel 5 cis 5 ice 5 lac 5 sac 5 sec 5 sic 5 tec 5 tic 5 ads 4 aid 4 dal 4 das 4 del 4 die 4 dis 4 dit 4 eds 4 eld 4 ids 4 lad 4 led 4 lid 4 sad 4 tad 4 ted 4 ail 3 ais 3 ait 3 ale 3 als 3 alt 3 ate 3 eat 3 els 3 est 3 eta 3 its 3 las 3 lat 3 lea 3 lei 3 les 3 let 3 lie 3
2 Letter Words
ad 3 da 3 de 3 ed 3 id 3 ae 2 ai 2 al 2 as 2 at 2 el 2 es 2 et 2 is 2 it 2 la 2 li 2 si 2 ta 2 te 2 ti 2
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