Phrase guide

Tok Pisin

name · noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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.

  • Received-Pronunciation: /tɒk ˈpɪsɪn/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.

1

name

Meaning 1

One of the official languages of Papua New Guinea.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A creole of Indo-European, Malayo-Polynesian and Trans-New Guinean languages (principally English and Kuanua).

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 Tok Pisin Tok Pisin, from English talk + pidgin or business.

Across languages

Translations

13 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 巴布亞皮欽語 /巴布亚皮钦语 (Bābùyà Píqīnyǔ) — language
  • Dutch: Tok Pisin — language
  • Finnish: tok-pisin — language
  • German: Neuguinea-Pidgin — language
  • Greek: τοκ πίσιν (tok písin) — language
  • Mian: Wan Weng — language
  • Russian: ток-писин (tok-pisin) — language
  • Slovak: neomelanézština — language
  • Slovak: tok pisin — language
  • Slovak: novoguinejský pidžin — language
  • Swedish: tok pisin — language
  • Tok Pisin: Tok Pisin — language
  • Turkish: Tok Pisin — language