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English
Etymology
From dialect + -al.
Pronunciation
Adjective
dialectal (comparative more dialectal, superlative most dialectal)
- Of or relating to a dialect.
- 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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See also
Further reading
- “dialectal”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “dialect”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “dialect”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
- “dialectal”, in Collins English Dictionary.
Asturian
Pronunciation
Adjective
dialectal (epicene, plural dialectales)
- Alternative form of dialeutal
Catalan
Etymology
From dialecte + -al.
Pronunciation
Adjective
dialectal m or f (masculine and feminine plural dialectals)
- dialectal
Further reading
French
Etymology
From dialecte + -al.
Pronunciation
Adjective
dialectal (feminine dialectale, masculine plural dialectaux, feminine plural dialectales)
- dialectal
Le lituanien comporte deux grands groupes dialectaux.- Lithuanian consists of two large dialectal groups.
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Occitan
Adjective
dialectal m (feminine singular dialectala, masculine plural dialectals, feminine plural dialectalas)
- dialectal
Portuguese
Adjective
dialectal m or f (plural dialectais)
- Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) 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)
- 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)
- dialectal
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