Tom always makes fun of John because of his dialect.
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Dialect
/ˈdaɪ.əˌlɛkt/
Synonyms for "dialect" (107 found)
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Noun(9 words)
Adjective(3 words)
english varietyethnic dialectlinguistic variety
Related words (53)
localismlocutionmidlandmidland dialectnew england dialectparlanceparolepatoispatterpennsylvania dutchpersonal usagephrasephraseologyphrasingpidginpronunciationprovincialprovincialismregionalregional accent
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regionalismrhetoricslangspeechspeech communitysubdialecttalktongueusageuse of wordsusus loquendiverbiagevernacularwordagewordingyankeeyorkshire
Noun(14 words)
mayacamontenegrinmore vernacularold norse tungapatoisregional romanianspeech varietyterminologytonguesvariety of languagevenetianvernacularvernacular formvernaculars
Adjective(2 words)
norwegian dialectspoken dialect
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20 total sentences available.
This is a poem written in Scottish dialect.
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The linguist is quite familiar with the dialect.
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It's hard to catch words in the Osakan dialect.
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