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ecolect

ecolect noun: a language variety unique to a household.

Noun

ecolect (plural ecolects)

  1. A language variety unique to a household.

Synonyms of ecolect

Forms of ecolect

pluralecolects

Origin of ecolect

From Ancient Greek οἶκος (oîkos, “house”) + English -lect (“[language] variety”).

Words formed from ecolect

Questions about ecolect

What does ecolect mean?
Ecolect means a language variety unique to a household.
What part of speech is ecolect?
Ecolect is a noun.
What is the plural of ecolect?
The plural of ecolect is ecolects.

Words near ecolect in the dictionary

  1. ecol.
  2. ecolabel
  3. ecolabeling
  4. ecolabelling
  5. ecolabels
  6. ecolect
  7. ecolectic
  8. ecolects
  9. ecolinguist
  10. ecolinguistic
  11. ecolinguistics

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ecolect (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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