ETYM French dialecte, Latin dialectus, from Greek, to converse, discourse. Related to Dialogue.
The usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people; SYN. idiom, accent.
Variation of a spoken language shared by those in a particular area or a particular social group or both. The term is used to indicate a geographical area (“northern dialects”) or social group (“black dialect”).
The term is sometimes used subjectively, in a judgmental and perhaps dismissive way. In that case, the standard language of a community is not seen as a dialect itself, but as the proper form of that language, dialects being considered in some way corrupt. This is a matter of social attitude, not of linguistic study. + prikaži više

ETYM French idiome, Latin idioma, from Greek idioma, from idioyn to make a person's own, to make proper or peculiar.
An expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up; SYN. idiomatic expression, phrasal idiom, set phrase, phrase.
Language or dialect peculiar to a people, region, class, etc.; linguistic expression peculiar to itself in form, grammar, etc.; style of artistic expression characteristic of a person, period, medium etc.
Any expression that is peculiar to a language and cannot be translated or interpreted literally. + prikaži više

The everyday speech of the people (as distinguished from literary language).