Meaning

1 senses
  1. The language variant used by a specific individual.

    Idiolekt, Individualsprachgebrauch

    идиоле́ктidiolékt

    ідіоле́ктidiolékt

    the language or speech of one individual at a particular period in life

Examples

3 sentences
  1. Tom has a very distinct idiolect.

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  2. The surveillance agency found him by spotting his idiolect on an Internet forum.

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  3. In my idiolect of English, I do not aspirate plosives, and the first part of the word "Australia" rhymes with "cow."

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
variant of a language used by a particular individual:
Русский
By meaning 1
variant of a language used by a particular individual:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
variant of a language used by a particular individual:

Origin

From idio- + -lect.

From idio- + -lect.

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Forms

plural: idiolects
Singularidiolect
Pluralidiolects

regular

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
idiolect — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto