Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

familect

/ˈfæm.ɪˌlɛkt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: familect
IPA: /ˈfæm.ɪˌlɛkt/

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The language variant used by a family when speaking among themselves.

Example Sentences

"Near-synonym: microdialect"
"A familect is, as I mentioned before, a kind of microdialect."
"David Crystal, who wrote the book's afterword, expanded on what he described as these dialects of the home, or familects, in his blog: [...]"
"Some followers even tweet back in aliebn-speak: a spirit of friendly linguistic play that's more like a familect than a stuffy Oxford Common Room."
"If a familect exists within a family unit, then an online community’s fanilect expands exponentially, like invisible strings across distance and time."

Etymology

From family + -lect.

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˈfæm.ɪˌlɛkt/

Inflected Forms

familects (plural)

Derived Forms

fanilect

Frequently Paired Words

dialect idiolect sociolect

Synonyms

ecolect familiolect microdialect

Questions

How do you pronounce familect?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈfæm.ɪˌlɛkt/.
What does familect mean?: The language variant used by a family when speaking among themselves.
Where does familect come from?: From family + -lect.

How to pronounce familect

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