dialect
Word family adjectivedialectaldialectologicaladverbdialectallynoundialecticismdialectologistdialectdialectology
di·a·lect /ˈdaɪəlekt/ ●●○ noun [countableC, uncountableU] SLLa form of a language which is spoken only in one area, with words or grammar that are slightly different from other forms of the same language 方言,地方话,土语 → accentChinese/Yorkshire etc dialect The people up there speak a Tibetan dialect. 那里的人讲的是一种藏语方言。
local dialect• The information will be collected through collaborative teacher-pupil classroom projects on local dialect.• The narrator uses the local dialect where necessary.• Many of the campesinos were illiterate; some spoke only their local dialects. Origin dialect (1500-1600) French dialecte, from Greek dialektos “conversation, dialect”, from dialegesthai “to talk to someone”