Found 3 items, similar to dialect.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: dialect dialek, logat
English → English (WordNet) Definition: dialect dialect n : the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people; “the immigrants spoke an odd dialect of English”; “he has a strong German accent” [syn: idiom, accent]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Dialect Dialect \Di"a*lect\, n. [F. dialecte, L. dialectus, fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to converse, discourse. See Dialogue.] 1. Means or mode of expressing thoughts; language; tongue; form of speech. [1913 Webster] This book is writ in such a dialect As may the minds of listless men affect. Bunyan. The universal dialect of the world. --South. [1913 Webster] 2. The form of speech of a limited region or people, as distinguished from ether forms nearly related to it; a variety or subdivision of a language; speech characterized by local peculiarities or specific circumstances; as, the Ionic and Attic were dialects of Greece; the Yorkshire dialect; the dialect of the learned. [1913 Webster] In the midst of this Babel of dialects there suddenly appeared a standard English language. --Earle. [1913 Webster] [Charles V.] could address his subjects from every quarter in their native dialect. --Prescott. Syn: Language; idiom; tongue; speech; phraseology. See Language, and Idiom. [1913 Webster]