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basilecte

French, noun/ba.zi.lɛkt/

basilecte is a French masculine noun meaning “basilect” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Langue considérée, au regard de la langue standard (l'acrolecte), comme étant populaire, vulgaire, de base”.

What does basilecte mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinebasilect

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Langue considérée, au regard de la langue standard (l'acrolecte), comme étant populaire, vulgaire, de base.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of basilecte

  • basilectes plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce basilecte?

  • /ba.zi.lɛkt/
  • /bɑ.zi.lɛkt/
  • \ba.zi.lɛkt\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.