pidgin

pidg·in  (pjn)

n.

A simplified form of speech that is usually a mixture of two or more languages, has a rudimentary grammar and vocabulary, is used for communication between groups speaking different languages, and is not spoken as a first or native language. Also called contact language.

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[From Pidgin English.]

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pidgin·i·zation n.

pidgin·ize v.

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pidgin [ˈpɪdʒɪn]

n

(Linguistics) a language made up of elements of two or more other languages and used for contacts, esp trading contacts, between the speakers of other languages. Unlike creoles, pidgins do not constitute the mother tongue of any speech community

[perhaps from Chinese pronunciation of English business]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

pidgin - an artificial language used for trade between speakers of different languages artificial language - a language that is deliberately created for a specific purpose Chinook Jargon, Oregon Jargon - a pidgin incorporating Chinook and French and English words; formerly used as a lingua franca in northwestern North America

Translations

pidgin [ˈpɪdʒɪn] N (also pidgin English) (formerly) lengua franca (inglés-chino) comercial del Lejano Oriente
he used his pidgin French to chat up the girls → recurrió a su francés macarrónico para ligar con las chicas

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pidgin [ˈpɪdʒɪn]

adj

(= mixed language) pidgin language → créole m

(= broken) → de cuisine
to communicate in pidgin French → communiquer en français de cuisine

n (= pidgin English) → pidgin m pidgin English
pidgin English n → pidgin m

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pidgin

n → Mischsprache f

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pidgin

n pidgin [ˈpidʒən]

any of a number of languages which consist of a mixture of English, French, Portuguese etc and some non-European (especially African) language Beach-la-mar is a pidgin spoken in parts of the southern Pacific Ocean; (also adjective ) pidgin English. pidgin لُغَةٌ خَليطَه местен език на базата на английски / френски / португалски pidžin (směs dvou jazyků) pidgin; pidgin- das Pidgin, Pidgin-... γλώσσα πίτζιν lengua franca pidþin زبان آمیخته pidginkieli pidgin זַ'רגוֹן मिश्रित भाषा kontaktno narječje,vrlo pojednostavljen postojeći jezik za praktično komuniciranje raznojezičnih korisnika (keverék angolnyelv) pidgin blendingsmál pidgin ピジン英語 혼성어 maišyta (kalba) pidžinvaloda, jaukta sarunvaloda pijin mengtaal, pidgin blandingsspråk pidżin, język mieszany língua franca pidgin, limbă mixtă folosită în relaţiile comerciale гибридный язык miešaná angličtina, lámaná angličtina latovščina; latovski mešavina jezika pidginengelska ภาษาผสม karma/melez dil 混雜語言 гібридна мова ملي جلي زبان tiếng bồi 混杂语言