Definitions For Sociolect

Noun

SOCIOLECT (plural SOCIOLECTs) (sociolinguistics) The variant of language used by a social group such as a socioeconomic class#noun, class, an ethnic group, an age#noun, age group, etc.

Hypernyms

dialect

Meronyms

idiolect

Coordinate terms

regiolect ethnolect ecolect familect

Related terms

sociolectal sociolectally sociolectic sociolectical sociolectically

Translations

Arabic: لهجة اجتماعية Azerbaijani: sosiolekt Basque: soziolekto Breton: sokiolektenn Bulgarian: социален диалект Catalan: sociolecte Chinese: : Mandarin: 社會方言, sc=Hani}}, {{t, cmn, 社会方言 (shèhuì fāngyán, sc=Hani) Czech: sociolekt Danish: sociolekt Dutch: sociolect, n Esperanto: sociolekto Faroese: sosiolekt, stættarmálføri, n Finnish: sosiolekti French: sociolecte, m Galician: sociolecto, m Georgian: სოციოლექტი German: Soziolekt, m Greek: κοινωνιόλεκτος, f Hebrew: סוציולקט Hungarian: szociolektus Icelandic: stéttamállýska, f, félagsleg málgerð, f Indonesian: sosiolek Italian: socioletto, m Japanese: {{t-needed, ja}} Limburgish: sociolek Lombard: sociolet Macedonian: социолект Norwegian: : Bokmål: sosiolekt, m : Nynorsk: sosiolekt, m Piedmontese: sociolèt Polish: socjolekt Portuguese: socioleto, m Romanian: sociolect Russian: социоле́кт, m Serbo-Croatian: sociolekt Slovak: sociolekt Spanish: sociolecto, m Swedish: sociolekt Tatar: социолект Ukrainian: соціолект

See also

argot cant chronolect jargon slang

Etymology

{{confix, en, socio, lect}}, by analogy with dialect, idiolect, etc.

Is Sociolect a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
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Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
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13
Words with Friends
16

The word Sociolect is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends

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