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queen's english

queen's English
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • /ˈkwiːnz ˈɪŋ.ˌɡlɪʃ/
    • /ˈkwiːnz ˈɪŋ.ɡlɪʃ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • /ˈkwiːnz ˈɪŋ.ˌɡlɪʃ/

Definitions of queen's english words

  • noun queen's english king's English. 1
  • noun queen's english standard variety of English language 1
  • noun queen's english (when the sovereign is female) standard Southern British English 0
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Origin of queen's english

First appearance:

before 1585
One of the 35% oldest English words
First recorded in 1585-95

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Parts of speech for Queen's english

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Queen's english

queen's english popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 5% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

Synonyms for queen's english

noun queen's english

  • king's english — standard, educated, or correct English speech or usage, especially of England.
Just one Synonym for queen's english

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