noun
Meaning 1
A pidgin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
baragouin
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈbæɹəɡwæ̃/
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Received-Pronunciation: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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General-American: /ˈbæɹəɡwæn/
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General-American: /ˈbɛɹəɡwæn/
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General-American: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
noun
Meaning 2
A pidgin.
A pidgin spoken by French and First Nations people in the 17th century in the region of North America now called Montreal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical, specifically, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 3
Unintelligible speech; gibberish, jargon.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Borrowed from French baragouin (“unintelligible speech or writing”).