"lect" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /lɛkt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-lect.wav Forms: lects [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛkt Etymology: Use of the compound element -lect as an independent noun. Head templates: {{en-noun}} lect (plural lects)
  1. (linguistics, sociolinguistics) A specific form of a language or language cluster: a language or a dialect. Wikipedia link: lect Categories (topical): Linguistics, Sociolinguistics Synonyms: code, idiom, languoid, variety Derived forms: lectal [adjective] Related terms: -lect Translations (linguistics, sociolinguistics: a specific form of a language or language cluster: a language or a dialect): 語言變體 (Chinese Mandarin), 语言变体 (Chinese Mandarin), idiomo (Esperanto), lekti (Finnish), lecte [masculine] (French), Lekt [masculine] (German), lektus (Hungarian), leto [masculine] (Portuguese), лект (lekt) [masculine] (Russian), lecto [masculine] (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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