Meanings
plural lects
- human sciencesA specific form of a language or language cluster: a language or a dialect.
Meronyms: lexicon, grammar, sublect
1 more example
These, together with (some) Romansh lects, belong to our West Rhaetian; the /ȫ/ also supported by two lects from the Ticino which by our criteria are NWIt, and by the partially umlauting lects of Lombardy which together with (some) Engadine lects belong to our East Rhaetian.
1980, Frederick B. Agard, The Genealogy of the French Language, published in Contributions to historical linguistics, →ISBN, page 222
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA specific form of a language or language cluster: a language or a dialect.
Origin
Use of the compound element -lect as an independent noun.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 語言變體 /语言变体
- 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
- idiomolinguistics, sociolinguistics: a specific form of a language or language cluster: a language or a dialect
Finnish lekti
- lektilinguistics, sociolinguistics: a specific form of a language or language cluster: a language or a dialect
French lecte
- lectelinguistics, sociolinguistics: a specific form of a language or language cluster: a language or a dialect
German Lekt
- Lektlinguistics, sociolinguistics: a specific form of a language or language cluster: a language or a dialect
Hungarian lektus
- lektuslinguistics, sociolinguistics: a specific form of a language or language cluster: a language or a dialect
Polish lekt, narzecze
- lektlinguistics, sociolinguistics: a specific form of a language or language cluster: a language or a dialect
- narzeczelinguistics, sociolinguistics: a specific form of a language or language cluster: a language or a dialect
Portuguese leto
- letolinguistics, sociolinguistics: a specific form of a language or language cluster: a language or a dialect
Russian лект
- лект (lekt)linguistics, sociolinguistics: a specific form of a language or language cluster: a language or a dialect
Spanish lecto
- lectolinguistics, sociolinguistics: a specific form of a language or language cluster: a language or a dialect
Rhymes & wordplay
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Cite this entry
lect. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lect
“lect.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lect. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lect,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lect.
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