WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
di•a•lec•tal
(dī′ə lek′tl),USA pronunciation adj.
di′a•lec′tal•ly, adv.
- Linguisticsof a dialect.
- Linguisticscharacteristic of a dialect.
- dialect + -al1 1825–35
- In linguistics dialectal, not dialectical, is the term more commonly used to denote regional or social language variation:Dialectal variation is more marked in the South than elsewhere in the United States.In general writing either term may be found.
'dialectal' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
awoke
- aye
- brogue
- pun
- squit
- tiddler
- 'un
- A, a
- bidialectal
- broad
- complected
- D, d
- dial
- dialectic
- dialectical
- dialecticism
- diaphone
- eye dialect
- hotel
- right