"idiolect" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɪd.i.əʊ̯.lɛkt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɪd.i.ə.lɛkt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɪd.i.ə.lɛkt/ [General-American], /ˈɘ.di.ɐʉ.lekt/ [New-Zealand] Audio: en-au-idiolect.ogg [Australia] Forms: idiolects [plural]
Etymology: From idio- + -lect. Etymology templates: {{confix|en|idio|lect}} idio- + -lect Head templates: {{en-noun}} idiolect (plural idiolects)
  1. (linguistics) The language variant used by a specific individual. Wikipedia link: Idiolect Categories (topical): Linguistics Derived forms: idiolectic, idiolectical Related terms: idioculture Coordinate_terms: dialect, ecolect, ethnolect, familect, regiolect, sociolect Translations (variant of a language used by a particular individual): idiolek (Afrikaans), لَهْجَةٌ شَخْصِيَّة (lahjatun šaḵṣiyya) [feminine] (Arabic), idiolecte [masculine] (Catalan), 個人習語 (Chinese Mandarin), 个人习语 (gèrén xíyǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), idiolekt [masculine] (Czech), idiolekt [common-gender] (Danish), yksilömurre (Finnish), idiolekti (Finnish), idiolecte [masculine] (French), Idiolekt [masculine] (German), Individualsprachgebrauch [masculine] (German), ιδιόλεκτος (idiólektos) [feminine] (Greek), ιδιόλεκτο (idiólekto) [neuter] (Greek), idiolektus (Hungarian), einkamállýska [feminine] (Icelandic), idiolek (Indonesian), canúint aonair [feminine] (Irish), urlabhra aonair [feminine] (Irish), idióileict [feminine] (Irish), féinchanúint [feminine] (Irish), idioletto [masculine] (Italian), 個人語 (kojingo) (alt: こじんご) (Japanese), idiolek (Malay), reo-ā-tangata (Maori), idiolekt [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), idiolekt [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), idiolekt [masculine] (Polish), język osobniczy [masculine] (Polish), mowa osobnicza [feminine] (Polish), idioleto [masculine] (Portuguese), idiolect [neuter] (Romanian), идиоле́кт (idiolékt) [masculine] (Russian), idiolecto [masculine] (Spanish), idiolekt [common-gender] (Swedish), sariwika (Tagalog), bireydil (Turkish), ідіоле́кт (idiolékt) [masculine] (Ukrainian)

Inflected forms

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      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "variant of a language used by a particular individual",
      "word": "idiolek"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "variant of a language used by a particular individual",
      "word": "reo-ā-tangata"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "variant of a language used by a particular individual",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "idiolekt"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "variant of a language used by a particular individual",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "idiolekt"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "variant of a language used by a particular individual",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "idiolekt"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "variant of a language used by a particular individual",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "język osobniczy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "variant of a language used by a particular individual",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mowa osobnicza"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "variant of a language used by a particular individual",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "idioleto"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "variant of a language used by a particular individual",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "idiolect"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "idiolékt",
      "sense": "variant of a language used by a particular individual",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "идиоле́кт"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "variant of a language used by a particular individual",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "idiolecto"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "variant of a language used by a particular individual",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "idiolekt"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "variant of a language used by a particular individual",
      "word": "sariwika"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "variant of a language used by a particular individual",
      "word": "bireydil"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "idiolékt",
      "sense": "variant of a language used by a particular individual",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ідіоле́кт"
    }
  ],
  "word": "idiolect"
}

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