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(pɪdʒɪn)

Word forms: plural pidgins

1. variable noun

Pidgin is a simple form of a language which speakers of a different language use to communicate. Pidgin is not anyone's first language.

He's at ease speaking pidgin with the factory workers and guys on the docks.

2. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]

If someone is speaking their own language simply or another language badly and is trying to communicate, you can say that they are speaking, for example, pidgin English or pidgin Italian.

The restaurant owner could only speak pidgin English.

pidgin in British English

(ˈpɪdʒɪn)

noun

a language made up of elements of two or more other languages and used for contacts, esp trading contacts, between the speakers of other languages. Unlike creoles, pidgins do not constitute the mother tongue of any speech community

Word origin

C19: perhaps from Chinese pronunciation of English business

pidgin in American English

(ˈpɪdʒɪn)

noun

a mixed language, or jargon, incorporating the vocabulary of one or more languages with a very simplified form of the grammatical system of one of these and not used as the main language of any of its speakers

any of various such languages, as pidgin English or bêche-de-mer

Word origin

supposed Chin pronun. of business

Examples of 'pidgin' in a sentence
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Sometimes he would switch his narration from English to pidgin, or to a rhythmic, humorous combination of the two that was unique to him.

单词	pidgin
释义	Trends of pidgin View usage for: pidgin (pɪdʒɪn) Word forms: plural pidgins 1. variable noun Pidgin is a simple form of a language which speakers of a different language use to communicate. Pidgin is not anyone's first language. He's at ease speaking pidgin with the factory workers and guys on the docks. 2. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] If someone is speaking their own language simply or another language badly and is trying to communicate, you can say that they are speaking, for example, pidgin English or pidgin Italian. The restaurant owner could only speak pidgin English. pidgin in British English (ˈpɪdʒɪn) noun a language made up of elements of two or more other languages and used for contacts, esp trading contacts, between the speakers of other languages. Unlike creoles, pidgins do not constitute the mother tongue of any speech community Word origin C19: perhaps from Chinese pronunciation of English business pidgin in American English (ˈpɪdʒɪn) noun 1. a mixed language, or jargon, incorporating the vocabulary of one or more languages with a very simplified form of the grammatical system of one of these and not used as the main language of any of its speakers 2. any of various such languages, as pidgin English or bêche-de-mer Word origin supposed Chin pronun. of business Examples of 'pidgin' in a sentence pidgin Sometimes he would switch his narration from English to pidgin, or to a rhythmic, humorous combination of the two that was unique to him. Elizabeth Lowell EDEN BURNING (2001)
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