[n] the style of a particular artist or school or movement; "an imaginative orchestral idiom"
[n] a manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language
[n] an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up
[n] the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people; "the immigrants spoke an odd dialect of English"; "he has a strong German accent"
A language familiar to a group of people.
Example
Ya'll comin' to da party tonight?
Synonyms
accent, artistic style, dialect, idiomatic expression, parlance, phrasal idiom, phrase, set phrase
See Also...
baroque, baroqueness, classical style, classicism, expression, fashion, formulation, High Renaissance, locution, manner, mode, non-standard speech, order, patois, rococo, romanticism, saying, style, treatment, way
Related Terms
Acadian, adjectival phrase, Anglo-Indian, argot, Brooklynese, bundle of isoglosses, Cajun, Canadian French, cant, choice of words, class dialect, clause, cliche, Cockney, composition, construction, dialect, dialect dictionary, diction, expression, formula