"dialectism" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: dialectisms [plural]
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  1. (linguistics, rhetoric) Synonym of dialecticism (a dialectal word or phrase). Tags: rhetoric Synonyms: dialecticism [synonym, synonym-of]

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