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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. The speech is slow and supported by mime and gesture.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: baragouin
Antonyms: none provided
A person's business, occupation, work, or trade (also spelt as pigeon).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, countable, idiomatic, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
an artificial language used for trade between speakers of different languages
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: artificial language
Narrower terms: Chinook Jargon, Oregon Jargon
From pidgin English, from a Chinese Pidgin English pronunciation of English business during trade in the Far East. All attestations of pidgin from the first half of the nineteenth century given in the third edition of the Oxford English Dictionary mean “business; an action, occupation, or affair” (the earliest being from 1807). Other suggested derivations include: * Hebrew פִּדְיוֹן (pidyón, “exchange; trade; redemption”) * Chinese pronunciation of Portuguese ocupação (“occupation; business”) * South Seas pronunciation of beach * Portuguese baixo (“low”)
Across languages
Translations
43 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Armenian:
փիջին
(pʻiǰin)
— amalgamation of two languages having no native speakers
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Bislama:
pijin
— amalgamation of two languages having no native speakers
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Bulgarian:
пи́джин
(pídžin)
— amalgamation of two languages having no native speakers
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Catalan:
pidgin
— amalgamation of two languages having no native speakers
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Cherokee:
ᏈᏥᏂ
(quitsini)
— amalgamation of two languages having no native speakers
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Chinese Mandarin:
皮欽語 /皮钦语
(píqīnyǔ)
— amalgamation of two languages having no native speakers
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Chinese Mandarin:
混雜語言 /混杂语言
(hùnzá yǔyán)
— amalgamation of two languages having no native speakers
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Danish:
pidgin
— amalgamation of two languages having no native speakers
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Danish:
pidginsprog
— amalgamation of two languages having no native speakers
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Esperanto:
piĝino
— amalgamation of two languages having no native speakers
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French:
pidgin
— amalgamation of two languages having no native speakers
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French:
créole
— amalgamation of two languages having no native speakers
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French:
langue véhiculaire
— amalgamation of two languages having no native speakers
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German:
Pidgin
— amalgamation of two languages having no native speakers
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German:
Pidginsprache
— amalgamation of two languages having no native speakers
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German:
Pidgin-Sprache
— amalgamation of two languages having no native speakers
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Irish:
nasctheanga
— amalgamation of two languages having no native speakers
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Italian:
pidgin
— amalgamation of two languages having no native speakers
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Japanese:
ピジン言語
(pijin gengo)
— amalgamation of two languages having no native speakers
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Low German:
Pidgin
— amalgamation of two languages having no native speakers
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Low German:
Pidginspraak
— amalgamation of two languages having no native speakers
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Low German:
Pidgin-Spraak
— amalgamation of two languages having no native speakers
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Macedonian:
пиџин
(pidžin)
— amalgamation of two languages having no native speakers
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Māori:
kōrapurapu
— amalgamation of two languages having no native speakers
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Māori:
reo kōrapurapu
— amalgamation of two languages having no native speakers
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Norwegian Bokmål:
pidgin
— amalgamation of two languages having no native speakers
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Norwegian Bokmål:
pidginspråk
— amalgamation of two languages having no native speakers
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
pidgin
— amalgamation of two languages having no native speakers
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
pidginspråk
— amalgamation of two languages having no native speakers
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Pijin:
pijin
— amalgamation of two languages having no native speakers
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Polish:
pidgin
— amalgamation of two languages having no native speakers
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Polish:
pidżin
— amalgamation of two languages having no native speakers
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Polish:
pidżyn
— amalgamation of two languages having no native speakers
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Portuguese:
pidgin
— amalgamation of two languages having no native speakers
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Russian:
пи́джин
(pídžin)
— amalgamation of two languages having no native speakers
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Spanish:
pidgin
— amalgamation of two languages having no native speakers
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Swahili:
pijini
— amalgamation of two languages having no native speakers
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Swedish:
pidgin
— amalgamation of two languages having no native speakers
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Swedish:
pidginspråk
— amalgamation of two languages having no native speakers
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Tamil:
பிட்யின்
(piṭyiṉ)
— amalgamation of two languages having no native speakers
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Tok Pisin:
pisin
— amalgamation of two languages having no native speakers
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Turkish:
pidgin
— amalgamation of two languages having no native speakers
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Welsh:
pijin
— amalgamation of two languages having no native speakers
