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mesolect

mesolect noun: a variety of speech that is midway between the acrolect and the basilect.

Noun

mesolect (plural mesolects)

  1. A variety of speech that is midway between the acrolect and the basilect.
    • [...] one characteristic of the mesolect seems to be that it contains, not merely forms from the polar lects, but forms which in function, if not always in phonetic shape, are peculiar to itself.1973 Sep, Derek Bickerton, “The Nature of a Creole Continuum”, in Language, 49(3), page 642

mesolect meaning in Tamil

mesolect in Tamil

இடைநிலை வழக்கு, இடைநிலைவழக்கு

Forms of mesolect

pluralmesolects

Origin of mesolect

From meso- + -lect.

Words formed from mesolect

Questions about mesolect

What does mesolect mean?
Mesolect means a variety of speech that is midway between the acrolect and the basilect.
What is mesolect in Tamil?
Mesolect in Tamil is இடைநிலை வழக்கு, இடைநிலைவழக்கு. See Mesolect meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is mesolect?
Mesolect is a noun.
What is the plural of mesolect?
The plural of mesolect is mesolects.

Words near mesolect in the dictionary

  1. mesolaterally
  2. mesolayer
  3. mesolayers
  4. mesole
  5. mesolecithal
  6. mesolect
  7. mesolectal
  8. mesolects
  9. mesoleg
  10. mesolegs
  11. mesolevel

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mesolect (page history and authors); mesolect (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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