dialecto
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [di.aˈɫɛk.toː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [d̪i.aˈlɛk.t̪o]
Noun
dialectō f
- dative/ablative singular of dialectos
Portuguese
Noun
dialecto m (plural dialectos)
- Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) of dialeto. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn't come into effect; may occur as a sporadic misspelling.
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin dialectos, from Ancient Greek διάλεκτος (diálektos).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /djaˈleɡto/ [d̪jaˈleɣ̞.t̪o]
- Rhymes: -eɡto
- Syllabification: dia‧lec‧to
Noun
dialecto m (plural dialectos)
- dialect
- (Central America, Peru, colloquial) Native American language
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- → Tagalog: diyalekto
Further reading
- “dialecto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024