"pidgin" meaning in English

See pidgin in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈpɪ.d͡ʒɪn/ [UK], /ˈpɪ.d͡ʒən/ [US] Forms: pidgins [plural]
enPR: pĭjʹən [US] Rhymes: -ɪdʒən, -ɪdʒɪn Etymology: From pidgin English, from a Chinese Pidgin English pronunciation of English business during trade in the Far East. All attestations of pidgin from the first half of the nineteenth century given in the third edition of the Oxford English Dictionary mean “business; an action, occupation, or affair” (the earliest being from 1807). Other suggested derivations include: * Hebrew פִּדְיוֹן (pidyón, “exchange; trade; redemption”) * Chinese pronunciation of Portuguese ocupação (“occupation; business”) * South Seas pronunciation of beach * Portuguese baixo (“low”) Etymology templates: {{bor|en|cpi|-}} Chinese Pidgin English, {{der|en|en|business}} English business, {{bor|en|he|פִּדְיוֹן|t=exchange; trade; redemption|tr=pidyón}} Hebrew פִּדְיוֹן (pidyón, “exchange; trade; redemption”), {{der|en|pt|ocupação||occupation; business}} Portuguese ocupação (“occupation; business”), {{der|en|pt|baixo||low}} Portuguese baixo (“low”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} pidgin (countable and uncountable, plural pidgins)
  1. (linguistics) An amalgamation of two disparate languages, used by two populations having no common language as a lingua franca to communicate with each other, lacking formalized grammar and having a small, utilitarian vocabulary and no native speakers. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Linguistics Synonyms: baragouin Translations (amalgamation of two languages having no native speakers): փիջին (pʻiǰin) (Armenian), pijin (Bislama), pidgin [masculine] (Catalan), 皮欽語 (Chinese Mandarin), 皮钦语 (píqīnyǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), 混雜語言 (Chinese Mandarin), 混杂语言 (hùnzá yǔyán) (Chinese Mandarin), pidgin [neuter] (Danish), pidginsprog [neuter] (Danish), piĝino (Esperanto), pidgin [masculine] (French), créole [masculine] (French), langue véhiculaire [feminine] (French), Pidgin [neuter] (German), Pidginsprache [feminine] (German), Pidgin-Sprache [feminine] (German), nasctheanga [feminine] (Irish), pidgin (Italian), ピジン言語 (pijin gengo) (Japanese), Pidgin [German-Low-German, neuter] (Low German), Pidginspraak [German-Low-German, feminine] (Low German), Pidgin-Spraak [German-Low-German, feminine] (Low German), пиџин (pidžin) [masculine] (Macedonian), kōrapurapu (Maori), reo kōrapurapu (Maori), pidgin [masculine, neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), pidginspråk [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), pidgin [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), pidginspråk [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), pijin (Pijin), pidgin [masculine] (Polish), pidżin [masculine] (Polish), pidżyn [masculine] (Polish), pidgin [masculine] (Portuguese), пи́джин (pídžin) [masculine] (Russian), pidgin [masculine] (Spanish), pijini (Swahili), pidgin [common-gender] (Swedish), pidginspråk [neuter] (Swedish), pisin (Tok Pisin), tarzanca (Turkish), pijin [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-pidgin-en-noun-Mp-0NjuX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms borrowed back into English, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Bislama translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German Low German translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Pijin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swahili translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tok Pisin translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 88 12 Disambiguation of English terms borrowed back into English: 79 21 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 90 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 93 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 70 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Bislama translations: 93 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 96 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with German Low German translations: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 93 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 93 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 69 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 98 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Pijin translations: 98 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 69 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 93 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Swahili translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Tok Pisin translations: 98 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 92 8 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences Disambiguation of 'amalgamation of two languages having no native speakers': 99 1
  2. (archaic, idiomatic) A person's business, occupation, work, or trade (also spelt as pigeon). Tags: archaic, countable, idiomatic, uncountable
    Sense id: en-pidgin-en-noun-nzH3FrCk
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Chinese pidgin English, Melanesian Pidgin English, pidginisation, pidginization, pidginise, pidginize, Pijin, Tok Pisin, West African Pidgin Portuguese Related terms: pidgin English, creole, Creole

Inflected forms

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          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "pʻiǰin",
          "sense": "amalgamation of two languages having no native speakers",
          "word": "փիջին"
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          "sense": "amalgamation of two languages having no native speakers",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "pidgin"
        },
        {
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          "code": "cmn",
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          "sense": "amalgamation of two languages having no native speakers",
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        {
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "píqīnyǔ",
          "sense": "amalgamation of two languages having no native speakers",
          "word": "皮钦语"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "amalgamation of two languages having no native speakers",
          "word": "混雜語言"
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        {
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "hùnzá yǔyán",
          "sense": "amalgamation of two languages having no native speakers",
          "word": "混杂语言"
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        {
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
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        {
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          "code": "da",
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          "sense": "amalgamation of two languages having no native speakers",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "pidginsprog"
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "amalgamation of two languages having no native speakers",
          "word": "piĝino"
        },
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "amalgamation of two languages having no native speakers",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pidgin"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "amalgamation of two languages having no native speakers",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "créole"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "amalgamation of two languages having no native speakers",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "langue véhiculaire"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "amalgamation of two languages having no native speakers",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Pidgin"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "amalgamation of two languages having no native speakers",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Pidginsprache"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "amalgamation of two languages having no native speakers",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Pidgin-Sprache"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "amalgamation of two languages having no native speakers",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "nasctheanga"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "amalgamation of two languages having no native speakers",
          "word": "pidgin"
        },
        {
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          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "pijin gengo",
          "sense": "amalgamation of two languages having no native speakers",
          "word": "ピジン言語"
        },
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          "code": "nds-de",
          "lang": "Low German",
          "sense": "amalgamation of two languages having no native speakers",
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            "neuter"
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          "word": "Pidgin"
        },
        {
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          "word": "Pidginspraak"
        },
        {
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          "lang": "Low German",
          "sense": "amalgamation of two languages having no native speakers",
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            "feminine"
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          "word": "Pidgin-Spraak"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "pidžin",
          "sense": "amalgamation of two languages having no native speakers",
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            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "пиџин"
        },
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "amalgamation of two languages having no native speakers",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "amalgamation of two languages having no native speakers",
          "word": "reo kōrapurapu"
        },
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          "code": "nb",
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          "sense": "amalgamation of two languages having no native speakers",
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            "masculine",
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          "sense": "amalgamation of two languages having no native speakers",
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          "sense": "amalgamation of two languages having no native speakers",
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "pidgin"
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          "sense": "amalgamation of two languages having no native speakers",
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            "neuter"
          ],
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        },
        {
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          "code": "pis",
          "lang": "Pijin",
          "sense": "amalgamation of two languages having no native speakers",
          "word": "pijin"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "amalgamation of two languages having no native speakers",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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        "(archaic, idiomatic) A person's business, occupation, work, or trade (also spelt as pigeon)."
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      "word": "փիջին"
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      "word": "皮钦语"
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      "roman": "hùnzá yǔyán",
      "sense": "amalgamation of two languages having no native speakers",
      "word": "混杂语言"
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    {
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      "word": "pidgin"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "amalgamation of two languages having no native speakers",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "pidginsprog"
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    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "amalgamation of two languages having no native speakers",
      "word": "piĝino"
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      "code": "fr",
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "pidgin"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "code": "fr",
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      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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    {
      "code": "de",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "amalgamation of two languages having no native speakers",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "amalgamation of two languages having no native speakers",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "amalgamation of two languages having no native speakers",
      "word": "pidgin"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
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      "sense": "amalgamation of two languages having no native speakers",
      "word": "ピジン言語"
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      "code": "nds-de",
      "lang": "Low German",
      "sense": "amalgamation of two languages having no native speakers",
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      "word": "Pidgin"
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    {
      "code": "nds-de",
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      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "pidžin",
      "sense": "amalgamation of two languages having no native speakers",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "amalgamation of two languages having no native speakers",
      "word": "kōrapurapu"
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    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "amalgamation of two languages having no native speakers",
      "word": "reo kōrapurapu"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "pidgin"
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      "sense": "amalgamation of two languages having no native speakers",
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      "word": "pidgin"
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    {
      "code": "nn",
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      "sense": "amalgamation of two languages having no native speakers",
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      "word": "pidginspråk"
    },
    {
      "code": "pis",
      "lang": "Pijin",
      "sense": "amalgamation of two languages having no native speakers",
      "word": "pijin"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "amalgamation of two languages having no native speakers",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "pidgin"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "amalgamation of two languages having no native speakers",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "pidżin"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "amalgamation of two languages having no native speakers",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "pidżyn"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "amalgamation of two languages having no native speakers",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pidgin"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "amalgamation of two languages having no native speakers",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "пи́джин"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "amalgamation of two languages having no native speakers",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "pidgin"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "amalgamation of two languages having no native speakers",
      "word": "pijini"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "amalgamation of two languages having no native speakers",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "pidgin"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "amalgamation of two languages having no native speakers",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "pidginspråk"
    },
    {
      "code": "tpi",
      "lang": "Tok Pisin",
      "sense": "amalgamation of two languages having no native speakers",
      "word": "pisin"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "amalgamation of two languages having no native speakers",
      "word": "tarzanca"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "amalgamation of two languages having no native speakers",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pijin"
    }
  ],
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    "Far East",
    "pidgin"
  ],
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}

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