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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

ac•ro•lect n. [Ling.]

Linguisticsthe variety of language in a creole continuum that approximates most closely the standard variety of a major international language, as the English spoken in Guyana or Jamaica. Cf. basilect, mesolect.

acro- + (dia)lect 1960–65

ac′ro•lec′tal, adj.

'acrolect' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

basilect - mesolect

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