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lect

/lɛkt/

Sounds like -lect · Rhymes with -ɛkt

Where it comes from

Use of the compound element -lect as an independent noun.

noun lects

A specific form of a language or language cluster: a language or a dialect. Meronyms: lexicon, grammar, sublect
Similar: code, idiom, languoid, variety, isolect

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noun linguistics, sociolinguistics: a specific form of a language or language cluster: a language or a dialect

Español	lecto
中文	語言變體 /语言变体
Português	leto
Français	lecte
Deutsch	Lekt
Русский	лект lekt

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@misc{lect_2026,
  title = {lect},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/lect},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}