dialecte
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== Catalan ==
=== Etymology ===
Learned borrowing from Latin dialectos.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): (Northern) [di.əˈle̞k.tə]
IPA(key): (Balearic, Central) [di.əˈlɛk.tə]
IPA(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [di.aˈlɛk.te]
Rhymes: -ɛkte
=== Noun ===
dialecte m (plural dialectes)
dialect
==== Derived terms ====
=== Further reading ===
“dialecte”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
“dialecte”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
“dialecte” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “dialecte”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)
== French ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Middle French dialecte, from Latin dialectus, from Ancient Greek διάλεκτος (diálektos).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /dja.lɛkt/
=== Noun ===
dialecte m (plural dialectes)
(linguistics) language socially subordinate to a regional or national standard language, often historically cognate to the standard, but not a variety of it or in any other sense derived from it
(colloquial) dialect
==== Usage notes ====
The first meaning is technical and widely used in linguistic literature, while the second, non-technical, is older and predates modern scientific linguistics. The latter is reinforced by the influence of English, but technical literature prefers the expression français régional (or "any language" + régional).
==== Descendants ====
→ Romanian: dialect
→ Turkish: diyalekt
=== Further reading ===
“dialecte”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
=== Anagrams ===
décelait
délicate
== Latin ==
=== Pronunciation ===
(Classical Latin) IPA(key): [di.aˈɫɛk.tɛ]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [di.aˈlɛk.te]
=== Noun ===
dialecte f
vocative singular of dialectos
== Middle French ==
=== Etymology ===
Learned borrowing from Latin dialectos.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /di.aˈlek.tə/
=== Noun ===
dialecte m (plural dialectes)
dialect
1565, Abrégé de l'art poétique français, by Pierre de Ronsard
==== Descendants ====
French: dialecte→ Romanian: dialect→ Turkish: diyalekt
→ English: dialect
=== References ===
“dialecte”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012