idiolect

English
WOTD – 22 February 2011

Etymology

From idio- +‎ -lect.

Pronunciation
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɪd.i.əʊ̯.lɛkt/, /ˈɪd.i.ə.lɛkt/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɪd.i.ə.lɛkt/
  • (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈɘ.di.ɐʉ.lekt/
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Noun

idiolect (plural idiolects)

  1. (linguistics) The language variant used by a specific individual.
    • 2012, John Mullan, What Matters in Jane Austen?: Twenty Crucial Puzzles Solved, page 3:
      She perfected the fictional idiolect, fashioning habits of speaking for even minor characters that rendered them utterly singular.

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Translations

Dutch

Etymology

Internationalism; see English idiolect, from which it may be borrowed.

Pronunciation
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Noun

idiolect n (plural idiolecten, diminutive idiolectje n)

  1. (linguistics) idiolect

Further reading

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English idiolect.

Noun

idiolect n (plural idiolecte)

  1. idiolect

Declension
Declension of idiolect
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) idiolect idiolectul (niște) idiolecte idiolectele
genitive/dative (unui) idiolect idiolectului (unor) idiolecte idiolectelor
vocative idiolectule idiolectelor
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