Complete Definition of "Modern English"

English

Noun
modern|Modern English

  1. English spoken since the great vowel shift, completed in roughly 1550.

Related terms
Old English
Middle English
Early Modern English

See also
w:Modern English|Wikipedia article on Modern English

Revision and Credits for"Modern English"
Dictionary content provided from Wiktionary.org under the
GNU Free Documentation License
 
 

 Find:
  Words Starting With:
  Words Ending With:
  Words Containing:
  Words That Match:

 
 Translate Into:
  
Dutch   French   German
  
Italian   Spanish
    Show results per page.

Browse the Dictionary
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

   
Allwords Copyright 1998-2024 All rights reserved.