patois

Significat (Anglès)

1. (countable, uncountable) A regional dialect (usually one considered substandard) of a language (especially French).
2. (countable, uncountable) Any of various French or Occitan dialects spoken in France.
3. (countable, uncountable) Creole French in the Caribbean (especially in Dominica, St. Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago, and Haiti).
4. (Jamaica, countable, uncountable) Jamaican Patois, a Jamaican creole language based primarily on English and African languages but also having influences from Spanish, Portuguese, and Hindi.
5. (countable, uncountable) Jargon or cant.

Conceptes

argot

llengua vernacla

Francoprovençal

Sinònims

dialect

lingo

slang

vernacular

jargon

argot

idiom

cant

lect

phraseology

pooch

provincialism

variant

variety

Arpitan

Traduccions

Mundart

patois

Dialekt

algarabía

dialecto

susurro

parlottio

streektaal

dialecte

rumore di voci

murmullo

francoprovençal

επαρχιακή διάλεκτος

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/pæˈtwɑ/

Etimologia (Anglès)

1635, from French patois (“regional dialect or language”).