dialect

dialecte

Forme d’une langue utilisée par un groupe, avec des différences de vocabulaire, de grammaire ou de prononciation.

En anglais simple : A form of a language used by a particular group, with some different words, grammar, or pronunciation.

• They speak a local dialect.
• Some words have different meanings in this dialect.
• Her grandparents taught her their village's dialect.

Synonymes : language variety

Expressions courantes : local dialect, regional dialect, speak a dialect, social dialect

dialecte, variante

Version d’un langage de programmation dont certaines fonctions ou règles diffèrent des autres versions.

En anglais simple : A version of a programming language with features or rules that differ from other versions.

• The program uses an old BASIC dialect.
• These two dialects handle numbers differently.
• Our compiler supports only one dialect of the language.

Comment l'utiliser : a dialect of something (This computer uses a dialect of BASIC.)

Synonymes : variant

Expressions courantes : BASIC dialect, programming language dialect, dialect of BASIC