Patois - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈpætwɑː|
Brit.
|ˈpætwɑː|
noun
- a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves) (syn: argot, cant, jargon, lingo, slang, vernacular)
- a regional dialect of a language (especially French); usually considered substandard
- a regional dialect of a language (especially French); usually considered substandard
Extra examples
...the medical patois that the hospital staffers used among themselves was incomprehensible to me...
A patois that sounds like the plonk-plonk of ping-pong balls on a hard table.
Word forms
noun
singular: patois
plural: patois
singular: patois
plural: patois
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