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Is dialect a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word dialect is a Scrabble US word. The word dialect is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

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Is dialect a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word dialect is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

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Yes. The word dialect is a Words With Friends word. The word dialect is worth 12 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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7-letter words (4 found)

CITADEL,DELTAIC,DIALECT,EDICTAL,

6-letter words (8 found)

ATELIC,DACITE,DELICT,DELTIC,DETAIL,DILATE,TAILED,TALCED,

5-letter words (34 found)

ACTED,AILED,ALCID,CADET,CADIE,CALID,CITAL,CITED,CLADE,CLEAT,CLIED,DEALT,DECAL,DELTA,DIACT,DICTA,DITAL,ECLAT,EDICT,ELIAD,ICTAL,IDEAL,ILEAC,LACED,LACET,LATED,LITED,TELIA,TELIC,TICAL,TICED,TIDAL,TILDE,TILED,

4-letter words (70 found)

ACED,ACID,ADIT,AIDE,ALEC,ALIT,CADE,CADI,CAID,CATE,CEDI,CEIL,CELT,CIDE,CIEL,CITE,CLAD,CLAT,CLIT,DACE,DALE,DALI,DALT,DATE,DEAL,DEIL,DELI,DELT,DIAL,DICE,DICT,DIEL,DIET,DITA,DITE,ECAD,EDIT,EILD,ETIC,ICED,IDEA,IDLE,ILEA,LACE,LADE,LAIC,LAID,LATE,LATI,LEAD,LEAT,LICE,LIED,LITE,TACE,TAED,TAEL,TAIL,TALC,TALE,TALI,TEAD,TEAL,TEIL,TELA,TELD,TICE,TIDE,TIED,TILE,

3-letter words (48 found)

ACE,ACT,AID,AIL,AIT,ALE,ALT,ATE,CAD,CAL,CAT,CEL,CID,CIT,DAE,DAL,DEI,DEL,DIE,DIT,EAT,ELD,ELT,ETA,ICE,IDE,ITA,LAC,LAD,LAT,LEA,LED,LEI,LET,LID,LIE,LIT,TAD,TAE,TAI,TEA,TEC,TED,TEL,TIC,TID,TIE,TIL,

2-letter words (19 found)

AD,AE,AI,AL,AT,DA,DE,DI,EA,ED,EL,ET,ID,IT,LA,LI,TA,TE,TI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 184 words from dialect according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of dialect

dialect

Etymology

From Middle French dialecte, from Latin dialectos, dialectus, from Ancient Greek διάλεκτος (diálektos, “conversation, the language of a country or a place or a nation, the local idiom which derives from a dominant language”), from διαλέγομαι (dialégomai, “I participate in a dialogue”), from διά (diá, “inter, through”) + λέγω (légō, “I speak”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdaɪ.əˌlɛkt/

Noun

dialect (plural dialects)

  1. (linguistics, strict sense) A lect (often a regional or minority language) as part of a group or family of languages, especially if they are viewed as a single language, or if contrasted with a standardized idiom that is considered the 'true' form of the language (for example, Bavarian as contrasted with Standard German).
    Synonym: (often derogatory) patois
  2. (linguistics, broad sense) A variety of a language that is characteristic of a particular area, community, or social group, differing from other varieties of the same language in relatively minor ways as regards grammar, phonology, and lexicon.
    Hyponyms: sociolect, ethnolect, genderlect, regiolect, topolect, geolect, vernacular
  3. (derogatory) Language that is perceived as substandard or wrong.
  4. (colloquial, offensive) A language existing only in an oral or non-standardized form, especially a language spoken in a developing country or an isolated region.
    Synonym: vernacular
  5. (computing, programming) A variant of a non-standardized programming language.
  6. (ornithology) A variant form of the vocalizations of a bird species restricted to a certain area or population.

Usage notes

  • In some linguistic traditions, the term "dialect" is restricted to nonstandard lects. In scholarly English usage, it refers to both standardized and vernacular forms of language.
  • The difference between a language and a dialect is not always clear, and often has more to do with political boundaries than with linguistic differences. It is generally considered that people who speak different dialects of the same language can understand each other, while people who speak different languages cannot, however, in some cases, people who speak different dialects of the same language are mutually unintelligible. Compare species in the biological sense.

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Further reading

  • "dialect" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 105.
  • Crystal, David (2008) “dialect”, in A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics, 6 edition, Blackwell Publishing, →ISBN
  • Fodde Melis, Luisanna; (2002) Race, Ethnicity and Dialects: Language Policy and Ethnic Minorities in the United States, FrancoAngeli, →ISBN

Anagrams

  • citadel, dactile, deltaic, edictal, lactide

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Etymology

From Middle French dialecte, from Latin dialectos, dialectus, from Ancient Greek διάλεκτος (diálektos, “conversation, the language of a country or a place or a nation, the local idiom which derives from a dominant language”), from διαλέγομαι (dialégomai, “I participate in a dialogue”), from διά (diá, “inter, through”) + λέγω (légō, “I speak”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌdijaːˈlɛkt/
  • Hyphenation: di‧a‧lect
  • Rhymes: -ɛkt

Noun

dialect n (plural dialecten, diminutive dialectje n)

  1. (linguistics) dialect (language variety)
  2. non-standard dialect; vernacular
    Synonyms: streektaal, mondaard

Derived terms

  • dialectgroep

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: dialek
  • → Indonesian: dialek
  • → Papiamentu: dialèkt

Anagrams

  • citadel

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French dialecte.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /di.aˈlekt/

Noun

dialect n (plural dialecte)

  1. (linguistics) language socially subordinate to a regional or national standard language, often historically cognate to the standard, but not a variety of it or in any other sense derived from it
  2. (colloquial) dialect

Declension

Derived terms

  • subdialect

See also

  • idiom, grai, limbaj, limbă

Further reading

  • dialect in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Source: wiktionary.org