Lect

//lɛkt// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1
A specific form of a language or language cluster: a language or a dialect.
"Meronyms: lexicon, grammar, sublect"

Synonyms

code code idiom languoid variety variety

Example

"Meronyms: lexicon, grammar, sublect"

Etymology

Use of the compound element -lect as an independent noun.

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