lect
/lɛkt/
lect noun: a specific form of a language or language cluster: a language or a dialect.
Noun
lect (plural lects)
- A specific form of a language or language cluster: a language or a dialect.
- Meronyms: lexicon, grammar, sublect
- These, together with (some) Romansh lects, belong to our West Rhaetian; the /ȫ/ also supported by two lects from the Ticino which by our criteria are NWIt, and by the partially umlauting lects of Lombardy which together with (some) Engadine lects belong to our East Rhaetian.1980, Frederick B. Agard, The Genealogy of the French Language, published in Contributions to historical linguistics, →ISBN, page 222
Synonyms of lect
Forms of lect
| plural | lects |
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Origin of lect
Use of the compound element -lect as an independent noun.
Words formed from lect
Words that rhyme with lect
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- respect
- deflect
- dissect
- expect
- redirect
- suspect
- correct
- defect
- disconnect
- infect
- inflect
- neglect
- resurrect
- unchecked
- abject
- bisect
- deject
- deselect
- genuflect
- incorrect
- inspect
- interject
- introspect
- object
- sect
- wrecked
- conject
- convect
- decked
- detect
- elect
- intersect
- necked
- perfect
- prospect
- protect
- recollect
- reconnect
- select
- subject
- trisect
- bandreject
- cathect
- cobra effect
- counterobject
- despect
- disinfect
- disject
Questions about lect
- What does lect mean?
- Lect means a specific form of a language or language cluster: a language or a dialect.
- What part of speech is lect?
- Lect is a noun.
- How do you pronounce lect?
- Lect is pronounced /lɛkt/.
- What is the plural of lect?
- The plural of lect is lects.
Words near lect in the dictionary
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