About The Word Patois
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Patois
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What's The Definition Of Patois?
[n] a regional dialect of a language (especially French); usually considered substandard
[n] a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo" Synonyms | Synonyms for Patois: argot | cant | jargon | lingo | slang | vernacular Related Terms | Find terms related to Patois: Acadian | Anglo-Indian | argot | Brooklynese | bundle of isoglosses | Cajun | Canadian French | cant | class dialect | Cockney | colloquial | dialect | dialect atlas | dialect dictionary | French Canadian | gibberish | gobbledygook | Gullah | idiom | isogloss | jargon | lingo | linguistic atlas | linguistic community | linguistic island | local dialect | localism | Midland | Midland dialect | mumbo jumbo | New England dialect | patter | Pennsylvania Dutch | phraseology | provincialism | regional accent | regionalism | scatology | slang | speech community | subdialect | taboo language | vernacular | vocabulary | vulgar language | vulgate | Yankee | Yorkshire See Also | accent | dialect | idiom | non-standard speech | rhyming slang Patois In Webster's Dictionary \Pa`tois"\, n. [F.]
A dialect peculiar to the illiterate classes; a provincial
form of speech.
The jargon and patois of several provinces. --Sir T.
Browne.
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