"pidginize" meaning in English

See pidginize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: pidginizes [present, singular, third-person], pidginizing [participle, present], pidginized [participle, past], pidginized [past]
Etymology: From pidgin + -ize. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|pidgin|ize}} pidgin + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} pidginize (third-person singular simple present pidginizes, present participle pidginizing, simple past and past participle pidginized)
  1. (linguistics, transitive) To convert or adapt into a pidgin language. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Linguistics Related terms: pidginization

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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