idiolect
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English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɪd.i.əʊ̯.lɛkt/, /ˈɪd.i.ə.lɛkt/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɪd.i.ə.lɛkt/
- (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈɘ.di.ɐʉ.lekt/
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Noun
idiolect (plural idiolects)
- (linguistics) The language variant used by a specific individual.
- 2012, John Mullan, What Matters in Jane Austen?: Twenty Crucial Puzzles Solved, page 3:
- She perfected the fictional idiolect, fashioning habits of speaking for even minor characters that rendered them utterly singular.
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Translations
variant of a language used by a particular individual
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Dutch
Etymology
Internationalism; see English idiolect, from which it may be borrowed.
Pronunciation
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Noun
idiolect n (plural idiolecten, diminutive idiolectje n)
Further reading
idiolect on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from English idiolect.
Noun
idiolect n (plural idiolecte)
Declension
Declension of idiolect
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) idiolect | idiolectul | (niște) idiolecte | idiolectele |
| genitive/dative | (unui) idiolect | idiolectului | (unor) idiolecte | idiolectelor |
| vocative | idiolectule | idiolectelor | ||