name
Meaning 1
Alternative form of Patwa.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
patois
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
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General-American: pătwäʹ
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General-American: /pæˈtwɑ/
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Received-Pronunciation: pătʹwä
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpæ.twɑː/
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rhymes with -ɑ
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rhymes with -ætwɑː
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General-American: pătwäzʹ
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General-American: /pæˈtwɑz/
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Received-Pronunciation: pătʹwäz
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpæ.twɑːz/
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rhymes with -ɑz
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rhymes with -ætwɑːz
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CMU ARPABET: P AE2 T W AA1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A regional dialect (usually one considered substandard) of a language (especially French).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 3
Any of various French, Franco-Provençal or Occitan dialects spoken in France.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 4
Creole French in the Caribbean (especially in Dominica, St. Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago, and Haiti).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 5
Ellipsis of Jamaican Patois.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Jamaica, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 6
Jargon or cant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 7
a regional dialect of a language (especially French); usually considered substandard
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: dialect, idiom, accent
noun
Meaning 8
a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- they don't speak our lingo
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: slang, cant, jargon, lingo, argot, vernacular
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: non-standard speech
Narrower terms: street name, rhyming slang
History
Etymology
Borrowed from French patois (“regional dialect or language”), c. 1635.
Across languages
Translations
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Dutch: streektaal — regional dialect of a language
- Esperanto: loklingvo — regional dialect of a language
- Galician: dialecto — regional dialect of a language
- Greek: ντοπιολαλιά (ntopiolaliá) — regional dialect of a language
- Portuguese: patoá — regional dialect of a language
- Serbo-Croatian: regiolekt — regional dialect of a language
- Spanish: dialecto — regional dialect of a language
- Spanish: patuá — regional dialect of a language
- Ukrainian: патуа́ (patuá) — regional dialect of a language
Real reading context