English words for 'The use of two dialects of a language.'
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- (music) A specific pitch.
- (music) (in the diatonic scale) An interval of a major second.
- The shade or quality of a colour.
- (African-American Vernacular, slang) a gun
- (language, literature) The manner in which speech or writing is expressed, especially the aspects of diction (word choice), connotation, emotiveness, and register.
- (painting) The favourable effect of a picture produced by the combination of light and shade, or of colours.
- (music) (in a Gregorian chant) A recitational melody.
- The character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice.
- The definition and firmness of a muscle or organ; see also: tonus.
- (language, linguistics) The pitch of a word's sound that distinguishes a difference in meaning, as for example in Chinese.
- The general character, atmosphere, mood, or vibe (of a situation, place, etc.).
- (biology) Normal tension or responsiveness to stimuli.
- (biology) The state of a living body or of any of its organs or parts in which the functions are healthy and performed with due vigor.
- (Chiefly in the form lower/raise the tone of something) The quality of being respectable or admirable.
- the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli
- the quality of a person's voice
- a musical interval of two semitones
- a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound
- the quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author
- (linguistics) a pitch or change in pitch of the voice that serves to distinguish words in tonal languages
- a steady sound without overtones
- (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound)
- the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
- a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color
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- (transitive) to change the colour of
- (transitive) to make (something) firmer
- (transitive) to give a particular tone to
- (transitive) to utter with an affected tone.
- vary the pitch of one's speech
- give a healthy elasticity to
- utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically
- change to a color image
- change the color or tone of
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- (linguistics) An amalgamation of two disparate languages, used by two populations having no common language as a lingua franca to communicate with each other, lacking formalized grammar and having a small, utilitarian vocabulary and no native speakers.
- an artificial language used for trade between speakers of different languages
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- (fencing) The fourth defensive position; quarte.
- A unit of liquid capacity equal to two pints; one-fourth (quarter) of a gallon. Equivalent to 1.136 liters in the UK and 0.946 liter (liquid quart) or 1.101 liters (dry quart) in the U.S.
- (card games) Four successive cards of the same suit.
- a United States liquid unit equal to 32 fluid ounces; four quarts equal one gallon
- a United States dry unit equal to 2 pints or 67.2 cubic inches
- a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 2 pints or 1.136 liters
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- a common language used by speakers of different languages
- A lingua franca.
- A linguistic variety that has developed in supraregional contact between speakers of various interrelated dialects, typically in such a way that features shared by several dialects prevail and those of limited distribution are avoided.
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- The hard clam (Mercenaria mercenaria), a bivalve shellfish.
- (UK, informal) A bride-to-be, particularly in the context of a hen night.
- A female of other bird species, particularly a sexually mature female fowl.
- (Scotland, informal) An affectionate term of address used to women or girls.
- (uncommon) A female fish (especially a salmon or trout) or crustacean.
- (UK, informal) A hen night.
- (transgender slang) The penis of a trans woman.
- (figuratively) A woman.
- (figuratively, derogatory, uncommon) A henlike person of either sex.
- A female chicken (Gallus gallus), especially a sexually mature one kept for her eggs.
- adult female chicken
- adult female bird
- female of certain aquatic animals e.g. octopus or lobster
- flesh of an older chicken suitable for stewing
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- A variety, dialect, or idiolect of spoken and or written English.
- A male or female given name.
- An English surname originally denoting a non-Celtic or non-Danish person in Britain.
- An unincorporated community in Brazoria County, Texas.
- A town, the county seat of Crawford County, Indiana; named for Indiana statesman William Hayden English.
- An unincorporated community in McDowell County, West Virginia.
- An unincorporated community in Carroll County, Kentucky.
- English language, literature, composition as a subject of study
- An unincorporated community in Red River County, Texas.
- The language that developed in England and is now spoken in the British Isles, the Commonwealth of Nations, North America, and many other parts of the world.
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- (Amish) Non-Amish, so named for speaking English rather than a variety of German.
- Of or pertaining to England.
- Of or pertaining to the people of England (e.g. Englishmen and Englishwomen).
- Of or pertaining to the avoirdupois system of measure.
- English-language; of or pertaining to the language, descended from Anglo-Saxon, which developed in England.
- (film, television) Denoting a vertical orientation of the barn doors on a camera.
- of or relating to or characteristic of England or its culture or people
- of or relating to the English language
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- A clear and readily understandable expression of some idea in English.
- (uncountable, Canada, US) Alternative form of english.
- (uncountable) Facility with the English language, ability to employ English correctly and idiomatically.
- (in the plural) The people of England, e.g., Englishmen and Englishwomen.
- The English term or expression for some thing or idea.
- The English text or phrasing of some spoken or written communication.
- (Amish, in the plural) The non-Amish, people outside the Amish faith and community.
- Synonym of language arts, the class dedicated to improving primary and secondary school students' mastery of English and the material taught in such classes.
- the people of England
- an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countries
- (sports) the spin given to a ball by striking it on one side or releasing it with a sharp twist
- the discipline that studies the English language and literature
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- Any formal system of reasoning that arrives at a truth by the exchange of logical arguments.
- (Hegelianism, Marxism) development by way of overcoming internal contradictions
- A contradiction of ideas that serves as the determining factor in their interaction.
- any formal system of reasoning that arrives at the truth by the exchange of logical arguments
- a contradiction of ideas that serves as the determining factor in their interaction
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- (linguistics) An amalgamation of two disparate languages, used by two populations having no common language as a lingua franca to communicate with each other, lacking formalized grammar and having a small, utilitarian vocabulary and no native speakers.
- an artificial language used for trade between speakers of different languages
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- a common language used by speakers of different languages
- A lingua franca.
- A linguistic variety that has developed in supraregional contact between speakers of various interrelated dialects, typically in such a way that features shared by several dialects prevail and those of limited distribution are avoided.
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- The hard clam (Mercenaria mercenaria), a bivalve shellfish.
- (UK, informal) A bride-to-be, particularly in the context of a hen night.
- A female of other bird species, particularly a sexually mature female fowl.
- (Scotland, informal) An affectionate term of address used to women or girls.
- (uncommon) A female fish (especially a salmon or trout) or crustacean.
- (UK, informal) A hen night.
- (transgender slang) The penis of a trans woman.
- (figuratively) A woman.
- (figuratively, derogatory, uncommon) A henlike person of either sex.
- A female chicken (Gallus gallus), especially a sexually mature one kept for her eggs.
- adult female chicken
- adult female bird
- female of certain aquatic animals e.g. octopus or lobster
- flesh of an older chicken suitable for stewing
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- (fencing) The fourth defensive position; quarte.
- A unit of liquid capacity equal to two pints; one-fourth (quarter) of a gallon. Equivalent to 1.136 liters in the UK and 0.946 liter (liquid quart) or 1.101 liters (dry quart) in the U.S.
- (card games) Four successive cards of the same suit.
- a United States liquid unit equal to 32 fluid ounces; four quarts equal one gallon
- a United States dry unit equal to 2 pints or 67.2 cubic inches
- a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 2 pints or 1.136 liters
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- Any formal system of reasoning that arrives at a truth by the exchange of logical arguments.
- (Hegelianism, Marxism) development by way of overcoming internal contradictions
- A contradiction of ideas that serves as the determining factor in their interaction.
- any formal system of reasoning that arrives at the truth by the exchange of logical arguments
- a contradiction of ideas that serves as the determining factor in their interaction