dialecte
Meanings
Noun
1. language socially subordinate to a regional or national standard language, often historically cognate to the standard, but not a variety of it or in any other sense derived from it (linguistics)
2. dialect (colloquial)
Examples21
Ils parlaient en dialecte du Sud.
They were speaking in a Southern dialect.
J'ai un grand intérêt pour les dialectes.
I'm very interested in dialects.
Toutes les langues ont des dialectes.
All languages have dialects.
Toutes les langues sont des dialectes.
All languages are dialects.
Presque toutes les langues ont des dialectes.
Almost all languages have dialects.
Les dialectes m'intéressent beaucoup.
I'm very interested in dialects.