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Meaning of Lish | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

  1. A surname.
  2. A hybrid variety of English having a name that is derived from a portmanteau of the name of one language and the word English, such as Chinglish (Chinese + English), Spanglish (Spanish + English), Taglish (Tagalog + English), etc.

Examples

“Similarly, little attention, if any, has been paid to the etymology of “lishes”, including questions of how the terms have been formed from their two base forms, or if the terms were originally formed in English or other languages.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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