dialect meaning

[ˈdaɪ.ə.ˌlɛkt]

WDialect

The term dialect (from the ancient Greek word διάλεκτος diálektos, "discourse", from διά diá, "through" and λέγω legō, "I speak") is used in two distinct ways.
The other usage refers to a language that is socially subordinated to a regional or national standard language, often historically cognate to the standard, but not derived from it.
A dialect is distinguished by its vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation (phonology, including prosody).
The particular speech patterns used by an individual are termed an idiolect.

Definition of dialect in English Dictionary

NounPLdialectsPREdia-SUF-lect
1. (linguistics) A variety of a language (specifically, often a spoken variety) that is characteristic of a particular area, community or group, often with relatively minor differences in vocabulary, style, spelling and pronunciation.
More Examples
1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
  - An' stop they scraightin' childt, Do shut thy face! - From "The Collier's Wife", a dialect poem by D. H. Lawrence
  - Hangs is a false word, — a Northern corruption of the negro dialect yang, — an onomatopœian word, representing the "far heard clang" of the wild goose.
  - Students with a pronounced Midland South dialect are required to take a course teaching them to speak and write in Standard English.