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Patois

noun
Word Frequency: 0.2

Definitions

1.nounA regional dialect of a language (especially French); usually considered substandard.
2.nounAny of various French or Occitan dialects spoken in France.
3.nounCreole French in the Caribbean (especially in Dominica, St. Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago and Haiti).
4.nounJamaican Patois, a Jamaican creole language primarily based on English and African languages but also has influences from Spanish, Portuguese and Hindi.
5.nounJargon or cant.

Synonyms

Jamaicanvernacularlingojargonslangcantargotprovincialismprovençalparalectpatrilectpseudo-english

Rhymes With

katowice
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