idiolect
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English
Etymology
By surface analysis, idio- + -lect.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɪd.i.əʊ̯.lɛkt/, /ˈɪd.i.ə.lɛkt/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɪd.i.ə.lɛkt/
- (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈɘ.di.ɐʉ.lekt/
Audio (General Australian): (file)
Noun
idiolect (plural idiolects)
- (linguistics) The language variant used by a specific individual.
- 2012, John Mullan, What Matters in Jane Austen?: Twenty Crucial Puzzles Solved, page 3:
- She perfected the fictional idiolect, fashioning habits of speaking for even minor characters that rendered them utterly singular.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
variant of a language used by a particular individual
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Dutch
Etymology
Internationalism; see English idiolect, from which it may be borrowed.
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Noun
idiolect n (plural idiolecten, diminutive idiolectje n)
Further reading
- idiolect on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from English idiolect.
Noun
idiolect n (plural idiolecte)
Declension
singular | plural | ||||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
nominative-accusative | idiolect | idiolectul | idiolecte | idiolectele | |
genitive-dative | idiolect | idiolectului | idiolecte | idiolectelor | |
vocative | idiolectule | idiolectelor |
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- English terms prefixed with idio-
- English terms suffixed with -lect
- English 4-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
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- English terms with quotations
- Dutch internationalisms
- Dutch terms with audio pronunciation
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch nouns
- Dutch nouns with plural in -en
- Dutch neuter nouns
- nl:Linguistics
- Romanian terms borrowed from English
- Romanian terms derived from English
- Romanian lemmas
- Romanian nouns
- Romanian countable nouns
- Romanian neuter nouns