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View synonyms for dialectal

dialectal

[ dahy-uh-lek-tl ]

adjective

  1. of a dialect.
  2. characteristic of a dialect.


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Confusables Note

In linguistics dialectal, not dialectical, is the term more commonly used to denote regional or social language variation: Dialectal variation is more marked in the South than elsewhere in the United States. In general writing either term may be found.
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Other Words From

  • dia·lectal·ly adverb
  • inter·dia·lectal adjective
  • inter·dia·lectal·ly adverb
  • nondi·a·lectal adjective
  • nondi·a·lectal·ly adverb
  • subdi·a·lectal adjective
  • subdi·a·lectal·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of dialectal1

First recorded in 1825–35; dialect + -al 1
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Example Sentences

While Modern Standard Arabic speech recognition seems to work well, researchers from QCRI and Kanari AI are engrossed in testing the boundaries of dialectal processing and achieving great results.

It may be a mere dialectal form of 'crooked,' or it may be miswritten for kroked, the usual old spelling.

Some of them probably heard the jests at the expense of their dialectal peculiarities which Plautus introduced into his comedies.

It is questioned how far it is possible to adopt living dialectal forms to save words that would otherwise perish.

Although each dialectal feature has its own boundaries, these are not set by pure chance.

The Middle English was pre-eminently the Dialectal period of the language.

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