Pidgin

Word PIDGIN
Character 6
Hyphenation N/A
Pronunciations /ˈpɪ.dʒɪn/

Definitions and meanings of "Pidgin"

What do we mean by pidgin?

A simplified form of speech that is usually a mixture of two or more languages, has a rudimentary grammar and vocabulary, is used for communication between groups speaking different languages, and is not spoken as a first or native language. noun

Business; affair; thing. noun

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. noun

An artificial language used for trade between speakers of different languages noun

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.

A person's business, occupation, work, or trade.

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The word "pidgin" in example sentences

"no got pidgin," and _pidgin English_ simply means a workable knowledge of colloquial English as picked up by tradesmen, servants and coolies, in contradistinction to English as taught in the schools. ❋ Oliver George Ready (N/A)

My Mr. told me that the key to pidgin is to pick out the English words and try to make sense of them. ❋ Princesa (2008)

The story of a Korean uprising told in pidgin poetry. ❋ Unknown (2008)

We gave them worm tablets and would ask them politely, in pidgin English, to collect their fecal matter in buckets for us. ❋ Unknown (2008)

A pidgin is what you get when you throw people together who have no common language and gramatically its kind of a mess. ❋ Unknown (2006)

It is difficult to defend an American president who speaks in pidgin-English. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Anglo used to enroll them in informal classes to learn Fanagolo, a century-old, 200-word pidgin language that was created decades ago so that mining bosses could order illiterate miners to perform basic tasks. ❋ Unknown (2010)

A pidgin is a mashup of two languages A and B used when a speaker of A and a speaker of B want/need to communicate. ❋ Unknown (2007)

A pidgin is a simplified language used to help two groups with distinct languages communicate with each other. ❋ Unknown (2007)

A pidgin is a simplified language that develops when groups of adult speakers without a common language come into prolonged contact. ❋ Unknown (2005)

When children grow up in a community where a pidgin is the predominant language, they quickly within a generation make it more elaborate by putting in more complex grammatical structures, and more stable, with less individual variation. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Tweak the Tweet is not the first hashtag pidgin language I've seen - and previous efforts struggled to gain adoption and awareness. ❋ Chris Messina (2010)

French, etc does not speak a pidgin, as broken languages have no structural norms. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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