Standard English

English

Proper noun

Standard English (uncountable)

1. (linguistics) The form of the English language widely accepted as the usual correct form.

   Students with a pronounced Midland South dialect are required to take a course teaching them to speak and write in Standard English.

   A debate rages on whether or not the singular they constitutes Standard English usage.

Synonyms

• StE

Translations

the form of the English language widely accepted as the usual correct form

• Bengali: প্রমিত ইংরেজী (prômitô ingrezī)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 標準英語 / 标准英语 (biāozhǔn Yīngyǔ)

• German: Standardenglisch n
• Japanese: 標準英語 (ひょうじゅんえいご, hyōjun Eigo)
• Marathi: मानक इंग्रजी f (mānak iṅgrajī)
• Russian: станда́ртный англи́йский язы́к m (standártnyj anglíjskij jazýk)

Further reading

• “Standard English”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.