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dialects

NOUN

local speech

Synonyms

STRONGEST

accent idiom jargon language lingo patois pronunciation slang terminology tongue vernacular vocabulary

STRONG

argot cant localism patter provincialism regionalism

Antonyms

STRONGEST

standard

Example Sentences

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At the back of the arena, a teleprompter keeps her on track, too - which is fair enough, when her album incorporates 14 different languages and dialects.

From BBC • May 6, 2026

And Brit Award winner Rosalía sings in 14 dialects on her latest album, Lux.

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2026

A gifted linguist, she soon mastered Mayan dialects.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2026

The current north-south divide is marked by accents and dialects.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

They never answered when she spoke to them, as if they did not understand Spanish, and when they spoke among themselves they always whispered or used one of the mountain dialects.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende