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Patois

Noun

Definitions

1.NounA regional dialect (usually one considered substandard) of a language (especially French).
2.NounAny of various French, Franco-Provençal or Occitan dialects spoken in France.
3.NounCreole French in the Caribbean (especially in Dominica, St. Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago, and Haiti).
4.NounEllipsis of Jamaican Patois.
5.NounJargon or cant.
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