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
Other 3-syllable words like dialect
Here are some other common words that have 3 syllables, like dialect does.
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- dictative
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- diety
- digestive
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- dinero
- diomedes
- diona
- dioxide
- directive
- disalign
- disbelief
- discolour
- diseases
- disembarked
- disgraceful
- disheartened
- dishonor
- dispenser
- dispersal
- displacement
- disregard
- distortion
- dolomites
- domicile
- dominance
- donahue
- dossier
- dovetail
- draconic
- dracula
- dragonet
- dramamine
- dramatise
- dramatist
- dramatized
- drapery
- dreamiest
- driveling
- duendes
- dulotic
- duquesne
- durango
- duryea
- earlier
- eatables
- echidnas
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