English Dictionary

English

/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/

name

The language originating in England but now spoken in all parts of the British Isles, the Commonwealth of Nations, North America, and other parts of the world.

My name is John.

意味（1）

The language originating in England but now spoken in all parts of the British Isles, the Commonwealth of Nations, North America, and other parts of the world.

English is spoken here as an unofficial language and lingua franca.

意味（2）

A variety, dialect, or idiolect of spoken and or written English.

I began to write stories using all the Englishes I grew up with: the English I spoke to my mother, which for lack of a better term might be described as “simple”; the English she used with me, which for lack of a better term might be described as “broken”; my translation of her Chinese, which could certainly be described as “watered down”; and what I imagined to be her translation of her Chinese if she could speak in perfect English, her internal language, and for that I sought to preserve the essence, but neither an English nor a Chinese structure.

意味（3）

English language, literature, composition as a subject of study

意味（4）

An English surname originally denoting a non-Celtic or non-Danish person in Britain.

意味（5）

A male or female given name

意味（6）

A town, the county seat of Crawford County, Indiana; named for Indiana statesman William Hayden English.