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The phenomenon or practice of alternating between two or more languages or language varieties.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
Examples
- As with many bilingual families, it was normal to observe frequent code-switching at our dinner table.
- Within the English language, a good example of code-switching in daily life is weaving back and forth between African American Vernacular English and General American English.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: code-mixing
Antonyms: none provided
present participle and gerund of code-switch
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
29 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
تَنَاوَب لُغَوِيّ
(tanāwab luḡawiyy)
— phenomenon or practice of alternating between two or more languages
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Catalan:
alternança de codi
— phenomenon or practice of alternating between two or more languages
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Chinese Mandarin:
語碼轉換 /语码转换
(yǔmǎ zhuǎnhuàn)
— phenomenon or practice of alternating between two or more languages
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Estonian:
koodivahetus
— phenomenon or practice of alternating between two or more languages
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Finnish:
koodinvaihto
— phenomenon or practice of alternating between two or more languages
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French:
alternance de code
— phenomenon or practice of alternating between two or more languages
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French:
alternance codique
— phenomenon or practice of alternating between two or more languages
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German:
Code-Switching
— phenomenon or practice of alternating between two or more languages
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German:
Sprachwechsel
— phenomenon or practice of alternating between two or more languages
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German:
Kodewechsel
— phenomenon or practice of alternating between two or more languages
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German:
Kode-Umschaltung
— phenomenon or practice of alternating between two or more languages
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Indonesian:
alih kode
— phenomenon or practice of alternating between two or more languages
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Irish:
códmhalartú
— phenomenon or practice of alternating between two or more languages
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Japanese:
コードスイッチング
(kōdosuitchingu)
— phenomenon or practice of alternating between two or more languages
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Korean:
부호전환
(buhojeonhwan)
— phenomenon or practice of alternating between two or more languages
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Korean:
코드 스위칭
(kodeu seuwiching)
— phenomenon or practice of alternating between two or more languages
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Meänkieli:
kootinvaihto
— phenomenon or practice of alternating between two or more languages
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Occitan:
alternància de còdi
— phenomenon or practice of alternating between two or more languages
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Persian:
رمزگردانی
(ramz-gardâni)
— phenomenon or practice of alternating between two or more languages
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Portuguese:
alternância de código
— phenomenon or practice of alternating between two or more languages
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Russian:
переключе́ние ко́дов
(pereključénije kódov)
— phenomenon or practice of alternating between two or more languages
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Russian:
смеше́ние ко́дов
(smešénije kódov)
— phenomenon or practice of alternating between two or more languages
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Spanish:
alternancia de código
— phenomenon or practice of alternating between two or more languages
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Spanish:
conmutación lingüística
— phenomenon or practice of alternating between two or more languages
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Spanish:
transmudación lingüística
— phenomenon or practice of alternating between two or more languages
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Spanish:
transmudamiento lingüístico
— phenomenon or practice of alternating between two or more languages
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Spanish:
trastrocamiento lingüístico
— phenomenon or practice of alternating between two or more languages
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Swahili:
kuchanganya msimbo
— phenomenon or practice of alternating between two or more languages
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Ukrainian:
перемикання кодів
(peremykannya kodiv)
— phenomenon or practice of alternating between two or more languages
