dialectal

1. 1.

   belonging to or characteristic of a dialect

   “dialectal variation”

Questions about dialectal

What does dialectal mean?

dialectal means "belonging to or characteristic of a dialect".

How many syllables are in dialectal?

dialectal has 4 syllables and divides as di-a-lec-tal under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is dialectal a common word?

dialectal is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.