Meaning & use
dialect
A form of a language spoken in a particular region or by a particular social group.
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Her strong local dialect made some words hard for visitors to understand.
Linguists recorded several rural dialects before they disappeared from everyday speech.
A note on using this word
A dialect differs from a separate language mainly by degree; speakers of different dialects can usually still understand one another.
Words with a similar meaning
vernacularpatois
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