dialect
(noun)
noun
1. the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people
- the immigrants spoke an odd dialect of English
- it has been said that a language is a dialect with an army and navy
Similar word(s): accent, idiom
Definition categories: communication
Sentences with dialect as a noun:
- A language is a dialect with an army and a navy.
- Home computers in the 1980s had many incompatible dialects of BASIC.