lect en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /lɛkt/
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Etymology
Use of the compound element -lect as an independent noun.
Meanings
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A specific form of a language or language cluster: a language or a dialect.
Meronyms: lexicon, grammar, sublect
These, together with (some) Romansh lects, belong to our West Rhaetian; the /ȫ/ also supported by two lects from the Ticino which by our criteria are NWIt, and by the partially umlauting lects of Lombardy which together with (some) Engadine lects belong to our East Rhaetian.
1980, Frederick B. Agard, The Genealogy of the French Language, published in Contributions to historical linguistics, →ISBN, page 222:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| lects | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
Deriveds
lectal · lectology · religiolect · technolect · satellect
Relateds
Synonyms
code · idiom · languoid · isolect · variety
Translations (12)
fi lekti (linguistics, sociolinguistics: a specific form of a language or language cluster: a language or a dialect) · hu lektus (linguistics, sociolinguistics: a specific form of a language or language cluster: a language or a dialect) · pl lekt (linguistics, sociolinguistics: a specific form of a language or language cluster: a language or a dialect) · es lecto (linguistics, sociolinguistics: a specific form of a language or language cluster: a language or a dialect) · pt leto (linguistics, sociolinguistics: a specific form of a language or language cluster: a language or a dialect) · de Lekt (linguistics, sociolinguistics: a specific form of a language or language cluster: a language or a dialect) · ru лект (linguistics, sociolinguistics: a specific form of a language or language cluster: a language or a dialect) · pl narzecze (linguistics, sociolinguistics: a specific form of a language or language cluster: a language or a dialect) · sh lekt (linguistics, sociolinguistics: a specific form of a language or language cluster: a language or a dialect) · eo idiomo (linguistics, sociolinguistics: a specific form of a language or language cluster: a language or a dialect) · cmn 語言變體 /语言变体 (linguistics, sociolinguistics: a specific form of a language or language cluster: a language or a dialect) · fr lecte (linguistics, sociolinguistics: a specific form of a language or language cluster: a language or a dialect)