languoid

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/ˈlæŋɡwɔɪd/

noun

Synonym of lect: a language, variety of a language, or group of languages.

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lect
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Meanings

nounlanguoid (plural languoids)

plural languoids

  1. human sciencesSynonym of lect: a language, variety of a language, or group of languages.

    And more recently, the terms languoid and doculect have been proposed (Cysouw and Good 2013) where languoid is any 'language-like object' and doculect is 'a linguistic variety as it is documented in a given resource' (p. 342). This term is ...

    [2015, Keith Allan, The Routledge Handbook of Linguistics, Routledge, →ISBN, page 391

    Synonyms: lect

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of lect: a language, variety of a language, or group of languages.

Similar
lect
Also see
idiomlectvariety

Origin

Blend of language + -oid, coined by linguist Jeff Good and Calvin Hendryx-Parker in 2006.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Gouldiananguloid
Cite this entry
APA

languoid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/languoid

MLA

“languoid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/languoid. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “languoid,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/languoid.

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