dialect
nounHow many syllables in dialect?
There are 3 syllables in the word dialect.How to pronounce dialect:
Definition of dialect:
- dialect (noun):
- a form of a language spoken in a particular geographical area
- the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people.
Synonyms for dialect:
accent
argot
brogue
idiom
jargon
jive
language
lingo
localism
non-standard speech
patois
patter
provincialism
shoptalk
slang
speech
terminology
tongue
vernacular
vocabulary
Here are some other common 3-syllable words.
- devilment
- devilish
- devalue
- deterrent
- deterge
- destinal
- despatched
- depressing
- depictor
- departures
- department
- dentistry
- dentician
- deniest
- denali
- demigod
- dementia
- demented
- demagogue
- delusion
- deloitte
- delgado
- degassing
- defenceless
- deescalate
- deduction
- decoding
- decimal
- decider
- decaying
- debouchment
- dealership
- danilo
- danica
- dangerous
- dangering
- damietta
- damascus
- dalliance
- dactylion
- dacryorrhea
- cytopyge
- cyrena
- cynosure
- cyesis
- cycloptic
- cyanide
- cutaneous
- curvature
- currency
- … more
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The number of syllables in a word can affect its meaning, a phenomenon known as minimal pairs in phonology.
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