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lishes

lishes is the plural of lish.

Meaning of lish

Noun

lish (plural lishes)

  1. A hybrid variety of English having a name that is derived from a portmanteau of the name of one language and the word English, such as Chinglish (Chinese + English), Spanglish (Spanish + English), Taglish (Tagalog + English), etc.
    • Similarly, little attention, if any, has been paid to the etymology of “lishes”, including questions of how the terms have been formed from their two base forms, or if the terms were originally formed in English or other languages.2018, James Lambert, “A multitude of ‘lishes’: The nomenclature of hybridity”, in English World-Wide, page 4

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Proper noun capitalized: Lishes

Lishes

  1. (plural) plural of Lish

Questions about lishes

What is lishes the plural of?
Lishes is the plural of lish.
What part of speech is lishes?
Lishes is a proper noun.

Words near lishes in the dictionary

  1. Lisham
  2. Lishana Deni
  3. lishenets
  4. lishentsi
  5. lishentsy
  6. lishes
  7. lishey
  8. Lishi
  9. lishizhenite
  10. lishmah
  11. Lishu

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