Standard Lemma guide

lect

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /lɛkt/
  • homophone: -lect
  • rhymes with -ɛkt

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noun

Meaning 1

A specific form of a language or language cluster: a language or a dialect.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences, social-science, sociolinguistics, sociology

Examples

  • Meronyms: lexicon, grammar, sublect

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: code, idiom, languoid, variety, isolect

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Use of the compound element -lect as an independent noun.

Across languages

Translations

12 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 語言變體 /语言变体 — linguistics, sociolinguistics: a specific form of a language or language cluster: a language or a dialect
  • Esperanto: idiomo — linguistics, sociolinguistics: a specific form of a language or language cluster: a language or a dialect
  • Finnish: lekti — linguistics, sociolinguistics: a specific form of a language or language cluster: a language or a dialect
  • French: lecte — linguistics, sociolinguistics: a specific form of a language or language cluster: a language or a dialect
  • German: Lekt — linguistics, sociolinguistics: a specific form of a language or language cluster: a language or a dialect
  • Hungarian: lektus — linguistics, sociolinguistics: a specific form of a language or language cluster: a language or a dialect
  • Polish: lekt — linguistics, sociolinguistics: a specific form of a language or language cluster: a language or a dialect
  • Polish: narzecze — linguistics, sociolinguistics: a specific form of a language or language cluster: a language or a dialect
  • Portuguese: leto — linguistics, sociolinguistics: a specific form of a language or language cluster: a language or a dialect
  • Russian: лект (lekt) — linguistics, sociolinguistics: a specific form of a language or language cluster: a language or a dialect
  • Serbo-Croatian: lekt — linguistics, sociolinguistics: a specific form of a language or language cluster: a language or a dialect
  • Spanish: lecto — linguistics, sociolinguistics: a specific form of a language or language cluster: a language or a dialect