English
Language from Britain
English refers to the language originating in England and now spoken across much of the world, or to the people, culture, and things of England.
An English muffin, English breakfast, or English garden evokes British tradition.
In academic contexts, English means the study of English-language literature and composition: She majored in English.
As a verb, to English something is to translate it into English. (Lowercase english is spin on a ball in billiards.)
Elizabethan dramatist and poet
- DickensSurname of Victorian novelist
- AustenLiterary family name
- MiltonBaroque English verse master
- BrontëLiterary sisters' surname
Chaucer · Orwell · Woolf · novel · poetry · prose · sonnet · canon
Language subfamily of northern Europe
- Anglo-SaxonPre-Conquest British Germanic peoples
- Norman1066 England conqueror
- Proto-GermanicHypothetical common ancestor language
- cognateWord sharing etymological origin
Frisian · Dutch · German · loanword · Beowulf · runic · Chaucer · inkhorn
Oral muscle for taste
- syntaxRules for arranging words
- grammarLanguage's structural rules
- vocabularyOne's word collection
- lexiconVocabulary of a language
semantics · morphology · phonology · etymology · idiom · linguistics · dialect · slang
Of the United Kingdom
- BritonUnited Kingdom citizen
- UKBritish sovereign state
- citizenshipStatus as state member
- passportGovernment-issued travel credential
heritage · identity · ancestry · monarchy · Commonwealth · Anglo-Saxon · culture · tradition
Of the United Kingdom
- AmericanFrom the U.S.
- AustralianFrom the southern continent
- CanadianNorth American northerner
- IndianPerson from either continent
South African · Nigerian · Singaporean · Irish · Scottish · Caribbean · Southern · Singlish
Body of written works
- compositionArranged elements forming whole
- essayShort argumentative prose work
- grammarLanguage's structural rules
- rhetoricArt of persuasive language
comprehension · spelling · creative writing · poetry · prose · fiction · nonfiction · analysis
Of the United Kingdom
- AmericanFrom the U.S.
- CanadianNorth American northerner
- AustralianFrom the southern continent
- South AfricanOf a southern nation
Irish · Nigerian · Ghanaian · Kenyan · Jamaican · Trinidadian · Singaporean · Indian
Shared tongue between peoples
- internationalConcerning relations among countries
- worldwideExtending across Earth
- universalAffecting all equally
- dominantHaving superior influence
standardized · business · diplomatic · academic · internet · aviation · scientific · hegemonic
Small domed pastry
Exchange of spoken ideas
- dialogueSpoken exchange between parties
- eloquencePersuasive verbal grace
- discourseFormal communication on subjects
- speakingOral expression of language
writing · reading · comprehension · proficiency · translation · interpretation · bilingualism · ESL
Shakespeare
Elizabethan dramatist and poet
Chaucer · Brontë · Orwell · Woolf · novel · poetry · prose · sonnet · canon · Victorian
West Germanic
Language subfamily of northern Europe
- Anglo-SaxonPre-Conquest British Germanic peoples
- Norman1066 England conqueror
- Proto-GermanicHypothetical common ancestor language
cognate · Frisian · Dutch · German · loanword · Beowulf · runic · Chaucer · inkhorn
tongue
Oral muscle for taste
- syntaxRules for arranging words
- grammarLanguage's structural rules
- vocabularyOne's word collection
lexicon · semantics · morphology · phonology · etymology · idiom · linguistics · dialect · slang · vernacular
British
Of the United Kingdom
- BritonUnited Kingdom citizen
- UKBritish sovereign state
- citizenshipStatus as state member
passport · heritage · identity · ancestry · monarchy · Commonwealth · Anglo-Saxon · culture · tradition · customs
British
Of the United Kingdom
- AmericanFrom the U.S.
- AustralianFrom the southern continent
- CanadianNorth American northerner
Indian · South African · Nigerian · Singaporean · Irish · Scottish · Caribbean · Southern · Singlish · Spanglish
literature
Body of written works
- compositionArranged elements forming whole
- essayShort argumentative prose work
- grammarLanguage's structural rules
rhetoric · comprehension · spelling · creative writing · poetry · prose · fiction · nonfiction · analysis · thesis
British
Of the United Kingdom
- AmericanFrom the U.S.
- CanadianNorth American northerner
- AustralianFrom the southern continent
South African · Irish · Nigerian · Ghanaian · Kenyan · Jamaican · Trinidadian · Singaporean · Indian · Pakistani
lingua franca
Shared tongue between peoples
- internationalConcerning relations among countries
- worldwideExtending across Earth
- universalAffecting all equally
dominant · standardized · business · diplomatic · academic · internet · aviation · scientific · hegemonic · colonial
muffin
Small domed pastry
conversation
Exchange of spoken ideas
- dialogueSpoken exchange between parties
- eloquencePersuasive verbal grace
- discourseFormal communication on subjects
speaking · writing · reading · comprehension · proficiency · translation · interpretation · bilingualism · ESL · TOEFL
playwright
Author of stage dramas
Elizabethan · tragedy · comedy · soliloquy · iambic pentameter · Hamlet · Macbeth · Othello · Falstaff · Prospero
- elementary schoolclassroom, student, first grade teacher, reading skills, teacher
- languagesArabic, Chinese, German, French, Japanese
- schoolteachers, classrooms, classes, student, grades
- school subjectsmath, science, history, reading, art
- subjects'topics, themes, matters, issues, school subjects
- academic fieldsmathematics, biology, chemistry, physics, history
Englishindigenous
Originating in a region
native · colonial · postcolonial · vernacular · local
Englishvernacular
Everyday regional speech
local · indigenous language · endangered language · minority language · regional dialect
- plain EnglishUnadorned, accessible wording
- broken EnglishImperfect foreign language use
- English gardensFormal planted grounds
- English muffinFlat, fork-split breakfast bread
- English hornAlto-range double-reed woodwind
- English roseFair British maiden
Early Modern English, Englishman, Englishwoman, Englishmen, Englishwomen, English muffin, Englishness, Englishes, Old English