transdialect

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verb

To change or translate from one dialect into another.

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Meanings

verbtransdialect (third-person singular simple present transdialects, present participle transdialecting, simple past and past participle transdialected)

present singular third person transdialects · participle present transdialecting · participle past transdialected · past transdialected

  1. rareTo change or translate from one dialect into another.

    It is a plain Case then that they [the fragments of writing] have been transdialected

    1738–1741, William Warburton, The Divine Legation of Moses […], volume (please specify |volume=I, II.1, or II.2), London: […] Fletcher Gyles, […], →OCLC

Origin

From trans- + dialect.

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APA

transdialect. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transdialect

MLA

“transdialect.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transdialect. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “transdialect,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transdialect.

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