Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

subdialect

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sub-di-alect
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A subdivision of a dialect.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- English dialect English subdialect From sub- + dialect.

Inflected Forms

subdialects (plural)

Derived Forms

subdialectal subdialectally

Questions

What does subdialect mean?: A subdivision of a dialect.
Where does subdialect come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- English dialect English subdialect From sub- + dialect.

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