单词	patois
释义	patois noun pa·​tois ˈpa-ˌtwä  ˈpä-  plural patois ˈpa-ˌtwäz  ˈpä- 1 a : a dialect other than the standard or literary dialect b : uneducated or provincial speech 2 : the characteristic special language of an occupational or social group : jargon Synonyms argot cant dialect jargon jive language lingo patter shop shoptalk slang terminology vocabulary See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences the medical patois that the hospital staffers used among themselves was incomprehensible to me Recent Examples on the Web One tale unfolds in Jamaican patois; another dips in and out of Black American idioms. Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2022 Corbin’s story comes through without self-consciousness and in his own language, a language that isn’t the vernacular of the generic streets but the patois of those of us who grew up in Black Los Angeles. Jervey Tervalon, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2022 How one of the first bits of dialogue, an exchange between Bear and Elora, is spoken in a kind of intertribal patois. David Treuer, The Atlantic, 1 Aug. 2022 There is pride in Cantonese, the patois of Hong Kong, rather than the Mandarin of the mainland. New York Times, 30 June 2022 Drake is pop music’s most famous genre burglar — from U.K. grime to drill to Afrobeats and Jamaican dub patois. Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2022 Chet Hanks took a break from his troublesome patois imitations to offer a less racially insensitive but nearly as uncomfortable impersonation while stopping by Showtime's Ziwe over the weekend. Mike Miller, EW.com, 13 May 2022 Amusingly, that mural is between the restrooms, so people waiting in line can brush up on their patois. Susan Dunne, courant.com, 28 Jan. 2022 When Corbett arrived in 2005, his long hair, black leather jacket, penchant to drink more than sacramental wine and fluency in port patois endeared him to dockworkers. Washington Post, 21 Dec. 2021 See More Word History Etymology French First Known Use 1643, in the meaning defined at sense 1a patois noun as in dialect the special terms or expressions of a particular group or field the medical patois that the hospital staffers used among themselves was incomprehensible to me Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance dialect terminology slang vocabulary language argot idiom jargon jive lingo shoptalk patter pidgin colloquial vernacular colloquialism parlance regionalism localism speech cant shop provincialism slanguage journalese vernacularism bureaucratese computerese governmentese technobabble educationese cyberspeak
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