"lish" meaning in All languages combined

See lish on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Etymology: Unknown. Perhaps a variant of leash (“a piece of rope, thread, etc.”), referring to its pliability. Etymology templates: {{unk|en}} Unknown Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} lish (not comparable)
  1. (British dialect) active; nimble; lithe. Tags: British, dialectal, not-comparable
    Sense id: en-lish-en-adj-BW1EZHvg
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun [English]

Forms: lishes [plural]
Etymology: Apheresis of English. Head templates: {{en-noun}} lish (plural lishes)
  1. (linguistics) A hybrid variety of English having a name that is derived from a portmanteau of the name of one language and the word English, such as Chinglish (Chinese + English), Spanglish (Spanish + English), Taglish (Tagalog + English), etc. Categories (topical): Linguistics
    Sense id: en-lish-en-noun--fpJMpTJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 87 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 12 88 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 89 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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