different between dialectician vs dialectal

English

Alternative forms

• dialecticiane, dialectisiane, dialectitian (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?d???l?k?t??n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?da??l?k?t??n/, /?da??l?k?t???n/

Etymology 1

From French dialecticien (“one skillful in dialectic”), from Latin dialecticus (“dialectic”) + French -ien (“-ian”) from Latin -ianus (“-ian”). Equivalent to dialectic +? -ian.

Noun

dialectician (plural dialecticians)

1. (chiefly historical) Someone skilled in dialectics: someone able to arrive at logical conclusions through reasoned argument. [1560]
2. (Hegelianism) Someone skilled in dialectical idealism: someone able to arrive at historical conclusions through consideration of contradictions. [1871]
3. (Marxism) Someone skilled in dialectical materialism: someone able to arrive at socio-political conclusions through consideration of class differences.

Hypernyms

• (one skilled at dialectic reasoning): logician, reasoner, debater
• (one skilled in dialectical idealism): Hegelian
• (one skilled in dialectical materialism): Marxist, Communist

Etymology 2

From dialectic (“dialectical”) +? -ian.

Noun

dialectician (plural dialecticians)

1. Someone knowledgable about dialects. [1848]

Synonyms

• dialectologist

Hypernyms

• linguist, orthoepist

References

• dialectician in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• “dialectician, n.”, in OED Online ?, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2014

Romanian

Etymology

From French dialecticien

Noun

dialectician m (plural dialecticieni)

1. dialectician

Declension

English

Etymology

dialect +? -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?da???l?kt?l/

Adjective

dialectal (comparative more dialectal, superlative most dialectal)

1. Of or relating to a dialect.
2. Peculiar to a (nonstandard) variety or lect.

Synonyms

• (relating to a dialect): dialectical
• (not standard): nonstandard

Derived terms

• dialectally

Translations

See also

• lectal

Asturian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dja.lek.?tal]

Adjective

dialectal (epicene, plural dialectales)

1. Alternative form of dialeutal

Catalan

Etymology

dialecte +? -al

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /di.?.l?k?tal/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /di.a.lek?tal/

Adjective

dialectal (masculine and feminine plural dialectals)

1. dialectal

Further reading

• “dialectal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “dialectal” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “dialectal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “dialectal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Etymology

From dialecte +? -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dja.l?k.tal/

Adjective

dialectal (feminine singular dialectale, masculine plural dialectaux, feminine plural dialectales)

1. dialectal

Further reading

• “dialectal” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Occitan

Alternative forms

• dialectau (Gascon, Limousin, Provençal)

Adjective

dialectal m (feminine singular dialectala, masculine plural dialectals, feminine plural dialectalas)

1. dialectal

Related terms

• dialècte

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• dialetal (Brazilian)

Adjective

dialectal m or f (plural dialectais, comparable) (European orthography)

1. (linguistics) dialectal (relating to a dialect)
2. (linguistics) dialectal (not linguistically standard)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French dialectal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dialek?tal/

Adjective

dialectal m or n (feminine singular dialectal?, masculine plural dialectali, feminine and neuter plural dialectale)

1. dialectal

Declension

Related terms

• dialectalism

Spanish

Etymology

dialecto +? -al

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /djale??tal/, [d?ja.le???t?al]
• Hyphenation: dia?lec?tal

Adjective

dialectal (plural dialectales)

1. dialectal

Further reading

• “dialectal” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.