"patois" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /pæˈtwɑ/ [General-American], /ˈpætwɑː/ [Received-Pronunciation], /pæˈtwɑz/ [General-American], /ˈpætwɑːz/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: En-us-patois.ogg Forms: patois [plural]
enPR: pătwäʹ [General-American], pătʹwä [Received-Pronunciation], pătwäzʹ [General-American], pătʹwäz [Received-Pronunciation] Rhymes: -ɑ, -ætwɑː, -ɑz, -ætwɑːz Etymology: 1635, from French patois (“regional dialect or language”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|patois||regional dialect or language}} French patois (“regional dialect or language”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~|patois}} patois (countable and uncountable, plural patois)
  1. A regional dialect of a language (especially French); usually considered substandard. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (regional dialect of a language): streektaal [common-gender] (Dutch), loklingvo (Esperanto), dialecto [masculine] (Galician), ντοπιολαλιά (ntopiolaliá) (Greek), patoá [masculine] (Portuguese), regiolekt [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), dialecto [masculine] (Spanish), патуа́ (patuá) [neuter] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-patois-en-noun--bYIa4ZQ Disambiguation of 'regional dialect of a language': 64 4 4 19 8
  2. Any of various French or Occitan dialects spoken in France. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-patois-en-noun-DlYIPK-f
  3. Creole French in the Caribbean (especially in Dominica, St. Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago and Haiti). Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-patois-en-noun-bCB7ab1U
  4. (Jamaica) Jamaican Patois, a Jamaican creole language primarily based on English and African languages but also has influences from Spanish, Portuguese and Hindi. Tags: Jamaica, countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Linguistics
    Sense id: en-patois-en-noun-haEGTpL0 Disambiguation of Linguistics: 17 12 9 49 12 Categories (other): Jamaican English, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 8 11 60 8 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 8 10 22 54 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 6 10 11 58 5 3 5 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 9 11 62 3 2 7 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 11 11 15 53 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 8 14 12 56 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 9 13 13 54 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 11 10 15 53 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 7 11 12 59 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 7 13 15 55 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 7 7 10 70 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 8 13 13 56 10
  5. Jargon or cant. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-patois-en-noun-yLvA70vF
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Patois, Jamaican [Jamaican-creole] [language, linguistics, human-sciences, sciences], Patwa [Jamaican-creole] [language, linguistics, human-sciences, sciences], Jamaican Patois [Jamaican-creole] [language, linguistics, human-sciences, sciences]
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      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "regional dialect of a language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "patoá"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "regional dialect of a language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "regiolekt"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "regional dialect of a language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dialecto"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "patuá",
      "sense": "regional dialect of a language",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "патуа́"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "en:patois"
  ],
  "word": "patois"
}

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