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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈaɪsə(ʊ̯)ɡlɒs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈaɪsəɡlɑs/ [General-American], /ˈaɪsoɡlɒs/ [Canada], /ˈʌɪ-/ [Canada], /-sə-/ [Canada] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-isogloss.wav Forms: isoglosses [plural]
Etymology: From iso- + gloss, ultimately from Ancient Greek ἴσος (ísos, “equal”) (possibly from Proto-Indo-European *wi- (“to separate”)) + γλῶσσα (glôssa, “tongue; language”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *glōgʰs). Etymology templates: {{cog|nds-de|ik}} German Low German ik, {{cog|de|ich}} German ich, {{prefix|en|iso|gloss}} iso- + gloss, {{der|en|grc|ἴσος||equal}} Ancient Greek ἴσος (ísos, “equal”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*wi-||to separate}} Proto-Indo-European *wi- (“to separate”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*glōgʰs}} Proto-Indo-European *glōgʰs Head templates: {{en-noun}} isogloss (plural isoglosses)
  1. (linguistics) A line on a map indicating the geographical boundaries of a linguistic feature. Wikipedia link: Uerdingen line Categories (topical): Isolines, Linguistics Synonyms: heterogloss Hyponyms: isolex, isophone, Joret line Derived forms: isoglossal, isoglossic Related terms: isograph Translations (line indicating geographical boundaries of a linguistic feature): isoglos (Afrikaans), isoglosa [feminine] (Aragonese), իզոգլոս (izoglos) (Armenian), զուգաբանություն (zugabanutʻyun) (Armenian), զուգաձայն (zugajayn) (Armenian), isoglosa (Basque), ізаглоса (izahlósa) (Belarusian), izoglos (Breton), изоглоса (izoglosa) (Bulgarian), isoglossa [feminine] (Catalan), 同言線 (Chinese Mandarin), 同言线 (tóngyánxiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), изоглосса (izoglossa) (Chuvash), izoglosa (Czech), isoglos [common-gender] (Danish), isoglosse (Dutch), isoglos (Dutch Low Saxon), isoglossi (Finnish), isoglosse [feminine] (French), isoglosa (Galician), Isoglosse [feminine] (German), لفظمرز (Gilaki), ισόγλωσσο (isóglosso) [neuter] (Greek), समवाक (samvāk) (Hindi), izoglossza (Hungarian), isoglos (Indonesian), teoirlíne [feminine] (Irish), isoglossa [feminine] (Italian), 等語線 (Japanese), isoglossos (Kalo Finnish Romani), 등어선 (deung'eoseon) (Korean), isoglossa (Latin), isoglos (Limburgish), isogloss [masculine] (Norwegian), Isoglosse (Pennsylvania German), مرز همگویی (Persian), izoglosa [feminine] (Polish), isoglossa [feminine] (Portuguese), isoglosă [feminine] (Romanian), izoglosă [feminine] (Romanian), изогло́сса (izoglóssa) (Russian), isoglossa (Sardinian), izoglosa [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), изоглоса [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), isoglosa [feminine] (Spanish), isogloss (Swedish), lehçe sınır çizgisi (Turkish), ізоглоса (izohlosa) (Ukrainian), isoglos [feminine, masculine] (Welsh), isoglosse (West Flemish)
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Inflected forms

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          "sense": "line indicating geographical boundaries of a linguistic feature",
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          "sense": "line indicating geographical boundaries of a linguistic feature",
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          "code": "no",
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          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "sense": "line indicating geographical boundaries of a linguistic feature",
          "word": "مرز همگویی"
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      "sense": "line indicating geographical boundaries of a linguistic feature",
      "word": "isoglos"
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      "lang": "Belarusian",
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      "sense": "line indicating geographical boundaries of a linguistic feature",
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      "word": "izoglos"
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      "sense": "line indicating geographical boundaries of a linguistic feature",
      "word": "изоглоса"
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      "roman": "izoglossa",
      "sense": "line indicating geographical boundaries of a linguistic feature",
      "word": "изоглосса"
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      "word": "isoglosse"
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      "sense": "line indicating geographical boundaries of a linguistic feature",
      "word": "isoglosa"
    },
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      "word": "Isoglosse"
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      "sense": "line indicating geographical boundaries of a linguistic feature",
      "word": "لفظمرز"
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      "sense": "line indicating geographical boundaries of a linguistic feature",
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      "sense": "line indicating geographical boundaries of a linguistic feature",
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      "code": "it",
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    {
      "code": "ja",
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      "sense": "line indicating geographical boundaries of a linguistic feature",
      "word": "等語線"
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    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "deung'eoseon",
      "sense": "line indicating geographical boundaries of a linguistic feature",
      "word": "등어선"
    },
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      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
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    },
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      "sense": "line indicating geographical boundaries of a linguistic feature",
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    },
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      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
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      "sense": "line indicating geographical boundaries of a linguistic feature",
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      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "line indicating geographical boundaries of a linguistic feature",
      "word": "مرز همگویی"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "line indicating geographical boundaries of a linguistic feature",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "izoglosa"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "line indicating geographical boundaries of a linguistic feature",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "isoglossa"
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      "code": "rmf",
      "lang": "Kalo Finnish Romani",
      "sense": "line indicating geographical boundaries of a linguistic feature",
      "word": "isoglossos"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "line indicating geographical boundaries of a linguistic feature",
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      "word": "isoglosă"
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      "word": "izoglosă"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "line indicating geographical boundaries of a linguistic feature",
      "word": "изогло́сса"
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      "code": "sc",
      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "sense": "line indicating geographical boundaries of a linguistic feature",
      "word": "isoglossa"
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "line indicating geographical boundaries of a linguistic feature",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "izoglosa"
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "line indicating geographical boundaries of a linguistic feature",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "изоглоса"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "line indicating geographical boundaries of a linguistic feature",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "isoglosa"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "line indicating geographical boundaries of a linguistic feature",
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    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "line indicating geographical boundaries of a linguistic feature",
      "word": "lehçe sınır çizgisi"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "izohlosa",
      "sense": "line indicating geographical boundaries of a linguistic feature",
      "word": "ізоглоса"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "line indicating geographical boundaries of a linguistic feature",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "isoglos"
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      "code": "vls",
      "lang": "West Flemish",
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