pidgin
IPA: pˈɪdʒɪn
noun
- (linguistics) An amalgamation of two disparate languages, used by two populations having no common language as a lingua franca to communicate with each other, lacking formalized grammar and having a small, utilitarian vocabulary and no native speakers.
- (archaic, idiomatic) A person's business, occupation, work, or trade (also spelt as pigeon)
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Examples of "pidgin" in Sentences
- Spanglish is not a pidgin language.
- By the way, it was a pidgin or a dialect.
- The origin of the word pidgin is uncertain.
- At the moment it reads like pidgin English.
- For a creole it begins with a population of pidgin speakers.
- Melanesian pidgin, from, i.e. a speaker of the same language.
- That sample of pidgin would be better placed in the pidgin article.
- The recordings of Delaware Pidgin reflect the background of the recorder.
- Pequenino is the of the English word pickaninny through pidgin languages.
- This was soon transformed and incorporated into the pidgin dialect as da kine.
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