Pidgin English

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Pidg·in English also pidg·in English (p

Any of several pidgins based on English and now spoken mostly on the Pacific islands and in West Africa.

[Alteration of pigeon English, from Pidgin English pigeon, business, perhaps from a Chinese pronunciation of English business.]

pidgin English

(Linguistics / Languages) a pidgin in which one of the languages involved is English

Translations

pidgin English

n → Pidgin-English nt

pidgin English [ˈpɪdʒɪnˈɪŋglɪʃ] n → pidgin english m inv

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