dialectal

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English

Etymology

From dialect +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

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, 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

Adjective

dialectal (epicene, plural dialectales)

  1. Alternative form of dialeutal

Catalan

Etymology

From dialecte +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

Adjective

dialectal m or f (masculine and feminine plural dialectals)

  1. dialectal

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French

Etymology

From dialecte +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

Adjective

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

  1. dialectal
    Le lituanien comporte deux grands groupes dialectaux.
    Lithuanian consists of two large dialectal groups.

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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. Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1990) of dialetal. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn't come into effect; may occur as a sporadic misspelling.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French dialectal.

Pronunciation

Adjective

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

  1. dialectal

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From dialecto +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /djaleɡˈtal/
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: dia‧lec‧tal

Adjective

dialectal m or f (masculine and feminine plural dialectales)

  1. dialectal

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