"Pijin" meaning in English

See Pijin in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ˈpɪd͡ʒ(ɪ)n/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Pijin.wav
Rhymes: -ɪdʒɪn Etymology: Borrowed from Pijin Pijin, from English pidgin, from a Chinese Pidgin English pronunciation of business. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|pis|Pijin}} Pijin Pijin, {{der|en|en|pidgin}} English pidgin, {{der|en|cpi|-}} Chinese Pidgin English Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Pijin
  1. In full Solomon Islands Pijin, Solomon Pijin, or Solomons Pijin: a language spoken on the Solomon Islands, which is a form of Melanesian Pidgin. Categories (topical): Languages Categories (place): Solomon Islands Translations (language spoken on the Solomon Islands, which is a form of Melanesian Pidgin): 皮京語 (Chinese Mandarin), 皮京语 (Píjīngyǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), pijin (Finnish), Pijin (French), Pijin [neuter] (German), lingua pijin [feminine] (Italian), ピジン語 (Pijingo) (alt: ピジンご) (Japanese), 피진어 (pijineo) (Korean), соломо́нски пи́џин (solomónski pídžin) [masculine] (Macedonian), Pijin (Pijin), neosalomoński [masculine] (Polish), pijin (Portuguese), língua pijin [feminine] (Portuguese), пиджин Соломоновых островов (pidžin Solomonovyx ostrovov) (Russian), нео-соломоник (neo-solomonik) [masculine] (Russian), соломонский пиджин (solomonskij pidžin) (Russian), pidgin salomonense [masculine] (Spanish), neosalomonense (Spanish), pijin (Swedish), pisin (Tok Pisin), Solomon Ailans Pijin (Tok Pisin), Tok Pisin bilong Solomon (Tok Pisin)
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          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Solomon Islands",
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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          "word": "皮京語"
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          "sense": "language spoken on the Solomon Islands, which is a form of Melanesian Pidgin",
          "word": "Pijin"
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          "code": "de",
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "language spoken on the Solomon Islands, which is a form of Melanesian Pidgin",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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        {
          "alt": "ピジンご",
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          "roman": "Pijingo",
          "sense": "language spoken on the Solomon Islands, which is a form of Melanesian Pidgin",
          "word": "ピジン語"
        },
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          "roman": "pijineo",
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "language spoken on the Solomon Islands, which is a form of Melanesian Pidgin",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "neosalomoński"
        },
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          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "language spoken on the Solomon Islands, which is a form of Melanesian Pidgin",
          "word": "pijin"
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          "sense": "language spoken on the Solomon Islands, which is a form of Melanesian Pidgin",
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          ],
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        },
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          "roman": "pidžin Solomonovyx ostrovov",
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          "lang": "Russian",
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          "word": "соломонский пиджин"
        },
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          "lang": "Spanish",
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          "lang": "Swedish",
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          "word": "pijin"
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          "word": "pisin"
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      "word": "皮京语"
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      "word": "pijin"
    },
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      "sense": "language spoken on the Solomon Islands, which is a form of Melanesian Pidgin",
      "word": "Pijin"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "language spoken on the Solomon Islands, which is a form of Melanesian Pidgin",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Pijin"
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      "code": "it",
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      "tags": [
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      "roman": "Pijingo",
      "sense": "language spoken on the Solomon Islands, which is a form of Melanesian Pidgin",
      "word": "ピジン語"
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      "roman": "pijineo",
      "sense": "language spoken on the Solomon Islands, which is a form of Melanesian Pidgin",
      "word": "피진어"
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      "roman": "solomónski pídžin",
      "sense": "language spoken on the Solomon Islands, which is a form of Melanesian Pidgin",
      "tags": [
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      "lang": "Pijin",
      "sense": "language spoken on the Solomon Islands, which is a form of Melanesian Pidgin",
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "language spoken on the Solomon Islands, which is a form of Melanesian Pidgin",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "neosalomoński"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "language spoken on the Solomon Islands, which is a form of Melanesian Pidgin",
      "word": "pijin"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "language spoken on the Solomon Islands, which is a form of Melanesian Pidgin",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "língua pijin"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pidžin Solomonovyx ostrovov",
      "sense": "language spoken on the Solomon Islands, which is a form of Melanesian Pidgin",
      "word": "пиджин Соломоновых островов"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "neo-solomonik",
      "sense": "language spoken on the Solomon Islands, which is a form of Melanesian Pidgin",
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      "word": "нео-соломоник"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "solomonskij pidžin",
      "sense": "language spoken on the Solomon Islands, which is a form of Melanesian Pidgin",
      "word": "соломонский пиджин"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "language spoken on the Solomon Islands, which is a form of Melanesian Pidgin",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "pidgin salomonense"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "language spoken on the Solomon Islands, which is a form of Melanesian Pidgin",
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
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      "word": "pijin"
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      "code": "tpi",
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      "word": "pisin"
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      "code": "tpi",
      "lang": "Tok Pisin",
      "sense": "language spoken on the Solomon Islands, which is a form of Melanesian Pidgin",
      "word": "Solomon Ailans Pijin"
    },
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      "code": "tpi",
      "lang": "Tok Pisin",
      "sense": "language spoken on the Solomon Islands, which is a form of Melanesian Pidgin",
      "word": "Tok Pisin bilong Solomon"
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  "word": "Pijin"
}

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