Meanings
nounareoversal (plural areoversals)
plural areoversals
- uncommonespecially dialectology and language typologyhuman sciencesA linguistic feature that is recurrent in language varieties in a certain geographical area.
Origin
Blend of area + universal with Latinizing -o-. Coined by Benedikt Szmrecsanyi and Bernd Kortmann (2009), apparently after earlier angloversal.
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APA
areoversal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/areoversal
MLA
“areoversal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/areoversal. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “areoversal,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/areoversal.
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