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transdialect

transdialect verb: to change or translate from one dialect into another.

Verb

transdialect (third-person singular simple present transdialects, present participle transdialecting, simple past and past participle transdialected)

  1. (rare) To change or translate from one dialect into another.
    • It is a plain Case then that they [the fragments of writing] have been transdialected1738–1741, William Warburton, The Divine Legation of Moses […], volume (please specify |volume=I, II.1, or II.2), London: […] Fletcher Gyles, […], →OCLC

Forms of transdialect

third-person singular presenttransdialects
present participletransdialecting
past participletransdialected
pasttransdialected

Origin of transdialect

From trans- + dialect.

Questions about transdialect

What does transdialect mean?
Transdialect means to change or translate from one dialect into another.
What part of speech is transdialect?
Transdialect is a verb.
What is the past tense of transdialect?
The past tense of transdialect is transdialected.

Words near transdialect in the dictionary

  1. transdeterminations
  2. transdiagnosis
  3. transdiagnostic
  4. transdiagnostical
  5. transdiagnostically
  6. transdialect
  7. transdialectal
  8. transdialected
  9. transdialecting
  10. transdialects
  11. transdiaphragmal

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