Tom always makes fun of John because of his dialect.
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Dialect
//ˈdaɪ.əˌlɛkt//
Synonyms for "dialect" (79 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (16)
Strong matches (24)
Related words (39)
Related word relations
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More general
1 entriesMore specific
15 entriesRelated terms
15 entriesderived
19 entriesShowing 16 of 19 words.
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5 entriesis a
2 entriesrelated to
22 entriesShowing 16 of 22 words.
Translations
221 translations across 123 languages.
Acehnese
1 entries- lugat noun (particular variety of a language)
Afrikaans
1 entries- dialek noun (particular variety of a language)
Albanian
1 entries- dialekt noun (particular variety of a language)
Amharic
1 entries- ዘዬ noun (particular variety of a language)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- διάλεκτος noun (particular variety of a language)
Arabic
4 entries- الدَّارِجَة noun (particular variety of a language)
- الْعَامِّيَّة noun (particular variety of a language)
- لهجة noun (particular variety of a language)
- لهجة noun (particular variety of a language)
Armenian
1 entries- բարբառ noun (particular variety of a language)
Assamese
1 entries- উপভাষা noun (particular variety of a language)
Asturian
2 entries- dialectu noun (particular variety of a language)
- dialeutu noun (particular variety of a language)
Azerbaijani
3 entries- dialekt noun (particular variety of a language)
- ləhcə noun (particular variety of a language)
- şivə noun (particular variety of a language)
Bashkir
1 entries- диалект noun (particular variety of a language)
Belarusian
2 entries- гаво́рка noun (particular variety of a language)
- дыяле́кт noun (particular variety of a language)
Bengali
1 entries- উপভাষা noun (particular variety of a language)
Bulgarian
3 entries- го́вор noun (particular variety of a language)
- диале́кт noun (particular variety of a language)
- наре́чие noun (particular variety of a language)
Burmese
2 entries- ဒေသန္တရစကား noun (particular variety of a language)
- ဒေသိယစကား noun (particular variety of a language)
Carpathian Rusyn
1 entries- діале́кт noun (particular variety of a language)
Catalan
1 entries- dialecte noun (particular variety of a language)
Cebuano
2 entries- pinulongan noun (particular variety of a language)
- sinultihan noun (particular variety of a language)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- شێوەزار noun (particular variety of a language)
Chinese
3 entries- фон-ян noun (particular variety of a language)
- 土話 /土话 noun (particular variety of a language)
- 方言 noun (particular variety of a language)
Chinese Cantonese
4 entries- 土話 /土话 noun (particular variety of a language)
- 地方話 /地方话 noun (particular variety of a language)
- 方言 noun (particular variety of a language)
- 話 /话 noun (particular variety of a language)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 土話 /土话 noun (particular variety of a language)
- 地方話 /地方话 noun (particular variety of a language)
- 方言 noun (particular variety of a language)
- 話 /话 noun (particular variety of a language)
Crimean Tatar
1 entries- şive noun (particular variety of a language)
Czech
2 entries- dialekt noun (particular variety of a language)
- nářečí noun (particular variety of a language)
Danish
2 entries- dialekt noun (particular variety of a language)
- folkemål noun (particular variety of a language)
Dari
2 entries- لَهْجَه noun (particular variety of a language)
- گویِش noun (particular variety of a language)
Dutch
3 entries- dialect noun (particular variety of a language)
- mondaard noun (particular variety of a language)
- streektaal noun (particular variety of a language)
Eastern Mari
1 entries- наречий noun (particular variety of a language)
Eastern Min Chinese
1 entries- 方言 noun (particular variety of a language)
Esperanto
1 entries- dialekto noun (particular variety of a language)
Estonian
1 entries- murre noun (particular variety of a language)
Faroese
1 entries- málføri noun (particular variety of a language)
Finnish
2 entries- aluemurre noun (particular variety of a language)
- murre noun (particular variety of a language)
French
2 entries- dialecte noun (particular variety of a language)
- patois noun (particular variety of a language)
Galician
1 entries- dialecto noun (particular variety of a language)
Georgian
4 entries- დიალექტი noun (particular variety of a language)
- ენაკავი noun (particular variety of a language)
- კილო noun (particular variety of a language)
- კილოკავი noun (particular variety of a language)
German
4 entries- Dialegde noun (particular variety of a language)
- Dialekt noun (particular variety of a language)
- Dialäkt noun (particular variety of a language)
- Mundart noun (particular variety of a language)
Greek
1 entries- διάλεκτος noun (particular variety of a language)
Gujarati
1 entries- બોલી noun (particular variety of a language)
Hakka Chinese
1 entries- 方言 noun (particular variety of a language)
Hebrew
3 entries- לַהַג noun (particular variety of a language)
- נִיב noun (particular variety of a language)
- עָגָה noun (particular variety of a language)
Hindi
2 entries- उपभाषा noun (particular variety of a language)
- बोली noun (particular variety of a language)
Hungarian
4 entries- dialektus noun (particular variety of a language)
- nyelvjárás noun (particular variety of a language)
- tájnyelv noun (particular variety of a language)
- tájszólás noun (particular variety of a language)
Icelandic
1 entries- mállýska noun (particular variety of a language)
Ido
1 entries- dialekto noun (particular variety of a language)
Indonesian
2 entries- dialek noun (particular variety of a language)
- logat noun (particular variety of a language)
Iranian Persian
2 entries- لَهْجِه noun (particular variety of a language)
- گویِش noun (particular variety of a language)
Irish
1 entries- canúint noun (particular variety of a language)
Istriot
1 entries- gialìto noun (particular variety of a language)
Italian
1 entries- dialetto noun (particular variety of a language)
Japanese
2 entries- 弁 noun (particular variety of a language)
- 方言 noun (particular variety of a language)
Kalmyk
1 entries- айлһ noun (particular variety of a language)
Kannada
1 entries- ಉಪಭಾಷೆ noun (particular variety of a language)
Kazakh
1 entries- диалект noun (particular variety of a language)
Khmer
2 entries- គ្រាមភាសា noun (particular variety of a language)
- ប្រាក្រឹត noun (particular variety of a language)
Komi-Zyrian
2 entries- диалект noun (particular variety of a language)
- сёрнисикас noun (particular variety of a language)
Korean
2 entries- 방언 noun (particular variety of a language)
- 사투리 noun (particular variety of a language)
Kyrgyz
2 entries- диалект noun (particular variety of a language)
- оогон noun (particular variety of a language)
Lao
1 entries- ພາສາທ້ອງຖິ່ນ noun (particular variety of a language)
Latin
2 entries- dialectos noun (particular variety of a language)
- dialectus noun (particular variety of a language)
Latvian
1 entries- dialekts noun (particular variety of a language)
Lithuanian
2 entries- dialektas noun (particular variety of a language)
- tarmė noun (particular variety of a language)
Low German
4 entries- Dialekt noun (particular variety of a language)
- Diälekt noun (particular variety of a language)
- Mundaart noun (particular variety of a language)
- Mundart noun (particular variety of a language)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Mondaart noun (particular variety of a language)
Macedonian
3 entries- го́вор noun (particular variety of a language)
- дијале́кт noun (particular variety of a language)
- на́речје noun (particular variety of a language)
Malay
2 entries- dialek noun (particular variety of a language)
- loghat noun (particular variety of a language)
Malayalam
1 entries- ഉപഭാഷ noun (particular variety of a language)
Maltese
1 entries- djalett noun (particular variety of a language)
Marathi
2 entries- पोटभाषा noun (particular variety of a language)
- बोली noun (particular variety of a language)
Mirandese
1 entries- dialeto noun (particular variety of a language)
Mongolian
2 entries- аялга noun (particular variety of a language)
- аялгуу noun (particular variety of a language)
Māori
2 entries- reo-ā-iwi noun (particular variety of a language)
- tūreo noun (particular variety of a language)
Nepali
2 entries- बोली noun (particular variety of a language)
- भाषिका noun (particular variety of a language)
Norman
1 entries- dgialecte noun (particular variety of a language)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- zarawa noun (particular variety of a language)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- dialekt noun (particular variety of a language)
- mål noun (particular variety of a language)
- målføre noun (particular variety of a language)
Norwegian Nynorsk
3 entries- dialekt noun (particular variety of a language)
- mål noun (particular variety of a language)
- målføre noun (particular variety of a language)
Occitan
1 entries- dialècte noun (particular variety of a language)
Odia
1 entries- ଉପଭାଷା noun (particular variety of a language)
Oromo
1 entries- loqoda noun (particular variety of a language)
Ossetian
1 entries- диалект noun (particular variety of a language)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- لهجه noun (particular variety of a language)
Pashto
2 entries- لهجه noun (particular variety of a language)
- ګړدود noun (particular variety of a language)
Persian
2 entries- لَهْجَه noun (particular variety of a language)
- گویِش noun (particular variety of a language)
Polish
3 entries- dialekt noun (particular variety of a language)
- gwara noun (particular variety of a language)
- narzecze noun (particular variety of a language)
Portuguese
2 entries- dialecto noun (particular variety of a language)
- dialeto noun (particular variety of a language)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਉਪਭਾਸ਼ਾ noun (particular variety of a language)
Romanian
1 entries- dialect noun (particular variety of a language)
Russian
3 entries- го́вор noun (particular variety of a language)
- диале́кт noun (particular variety of a language)
- наре́чие noun (particular variety of a language)
Sanskrit
1 entries- उपभाषा noun (particular variety of a language)
Santali
1 entries- ᱵᱳᱞᱤ noun (particular variety of a language)
Scots
1 entries- byleid noun (particular variety of a language)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- dualchainnt noun (particular variety of a language)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- dijàlekat noun (particular variety of a language)
- dijàlekt noun (particular variety of a language)
- nárečje noun (particular variety of a language)
- nárječje noun (particular variety of a language)
Silesian
1 entries- djalekt noun (particular variety of a language)
Sinhalese
1 entries- උපභාෂාව noun (particular variety of a language)
Slovak
2 entries- dialekt noun (particular variety of a language)
- nárečie noun (particular variety of a language)
Slovene
1 entries- naréčje noun (particular variety of a language)
Spanish
1 entries- dialecto noun (particular variety of a language)
Swabian
1 entries- Dialäggd noun (particular variety of a language)
Swahili
1 entries- lahaja noun (particular variety of a language)
Swedish
2 entries- dialekt noun (particular variety of a language)
- mål noun (particular variety of a language)
Tagalog
2 entries- diyalekto noun (particular variety of a language)
- wikain noun (particular variety of a language)
Tajik
3 entries- гӯиш noun (particular variety of a language)
- лаҳҷа noun (particular variety of a language)
- шева noun (particular variety of a language)
Tamil
1 entries- வட்டார வழக்கு noun (particular variety of a language)
Tatar
1 entries- сөйләм noun (particular variety of a language)
Telugu
2 entries- మాండలికము noun (particular variety of a language)
- యాస noun (particular variety of a language)
Thai
1 entries- ภาษาถิ่น noun (particular variety of a language)
Tibetan
1 entries- ཡུལ་སྐད noun (particular variety of a language)
Tigrinya
1 entries- ላህጃ noun (particular variety of a language)
Turkish
4 entries- ağız noun (particular variety of a language)
- diyalekt noun (particular variety of a language)
- lehçe noun (particular variety of a language)
- şive noun (particular variety of a language)
Turkmen
2 entries- dialekt noun (particular variety of a language)
- şiwe noun (particular variety of a language)
Udmurt
2 entries- диалект noun (particular variety of a language)
- наречие noun (particular variety of a language)
Ukrainian
3 entries- го́вір noun (particular variety of a language)
- діале́кт noun (particular variety of a language)
- нарі́ччя noun (particular variety of a language)
Urdu
2 entries- بولی noun (particular variety of a language)
- لَہْجَہ noun (particular variety of a language)
Uyghur
3 entries- دىئالېكت noun (particular variety of a language)
- شېۋە noun (particular variety of a language)
- لەھجە noun (particular variety of a language)
Uzbek
3 entries- dialekt noun (particular variety of a language)
- lahja noun (particular variety of a language)
- sheva noun (particular variety of a language)
Vietnamese
3 entries- phương ngôn noun (particular variety of a language)
- phương ngữ noun (particular variety of a language)
- thổ ngữ noun (particular variety of a language)
Volapük
1 entries- dialeg noun (particular variety of a language)
Welsh
1 entries- tafodiaith noun (particular variety of a language)
White Hmong
1 entries- hom lus noun (particular variety of a language)
Wu Chinese
1 entries- 方言 noun (particular variety of a language)
Yiddish
1 entries- דיאַלעקט noun (particular variety of a language)
Sample sentences
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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