"subdialect" meaning in English

See subdialect in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: subdialects [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- English dialect English subdialect From sub- + dialect. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|sub-|dialect|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- English dialect English subdialect [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*upó", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*supo", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "sub", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "sub-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "sub-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "dialect", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "subdialect", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="subdialect"> From sub- + dialect. Head templates: {{en-noun}} subdialect (plural subdialects)
  1. A subdivision of a dialect. Derived forms: subdialectal, subdialectally Translations (Translations): nëndialekt [masculine] (Albanian), ենթաբարբառ (entʻabarbaṙ) (Armenian), խոսվածք (xosvackʻ) (Armenian), 次方言 (ci³ fong¹ jin⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 次方言 (cìfāngyán) (Chinese Mandarin), subdialekt [masculine] (Czech), sous-dialecte [masculine] (French), Untermundart [feminine] (German), Unterdialekt [masculine] (German), Subdialekt [masculine] (German), gwara [feminine] (Polish), poddialekt [masculine] (Polish), subdialekt [masculine] (Polish), го́вор (góvor) [masculine] (Russian)

Inflected forms

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