Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dialectless

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
di-alect-less
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Without a dialect; speaking the neutral form of a language.

adj

Without dialects; not divided into separate dialects.

Etymology

Etymology tree English dialect Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English dialectless From dialect + -less.

Questions

What does dialectless mean?
Without a dialect; speaking the neutral form of a language.
Where does dialectless come from?
Etymology tree English dialect Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English dialectless From dialect + -less.

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