transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈdī-ə-ˌlekt ]
noun
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Middle French dialecte, from Latin dialectus, from Greek dialektos conversation, dialect, from dialegesthai to converse — more at dialogue
Date: 1577
1.
a. : a regional variety of language distinguished by features of vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation from other regional varieties and constituting together with them a single language
the Doric dialect of ancient Greek
b. : one of two or more cognate languages
French and Italian are Romance dialect s
c. : a variety of a language used by the members of a group
such dialect s as politics and advertising — Philip Howard
d. : a variety of language whose identity is fixed by a factor other than geography (as social class)
spoke a rough peasant dialect
e. : register 4c
f. : a version of a computer programming language
2. : manner or means of expressing oneself : phraseology
• di·a·lec·tal ˌdī-ə-ˈlek-t ə l adjective
• di·a·lec·tal·ly -tə-lē adverb