pidgin

  • 31pidgin — noun (C, U) 1 a language that is a mixture of two other languages and is used especially between people who do not speak each other s languages well 2 pidgin English/French etc English, French etc that is either not very good or is mixed with the …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 32pidgin — pidg•in [[t]ˈpɪdʒ ən[/t]] n. 1) ling. an auxiliary language that has developed from the need of speakers of two different languages to communicate and is primarily a simplified form of one of the languages, with a reduced vocabulary and… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 33pidgin — /ˈpɪdʒən / (say pijuhn) noun 1. a language used for communication between groups having different first languages, as between European traders or colonisers and indigenous peoples, and which typically has features deriving from each of those… …

  • 34pídgin — tudi pídžin a [pidžin] m (ȋ) lingv. sporazumevalni, poslovni jezik, ki je mešanica angleških in navadno kitajskih jezikovnih prvin: govoriti pidgin …

    Slovar slovenskega knjižnega jezika

  • 35Pidgin (Instant Messenger) — Pidgin Kontaktliste (Hauptfenster) von Pidgi …

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  • 36Pidgin English — is a non specific name used to refer to any of the many pidgin languages derived from English. English based pidgins include: *American Indian Pidgin English *Bislama (Vanuatu Pidgin English) *Broome Pidgin English *Cameroonian Pidgin English… …

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  • 37Pidgin to Da Max — (full title: Peppo s Pidgin to Da Max ) is a humorous illustrated dictionary of Hawaiian Pidgin words and phrases by Douglas Simonson, Pat Sasaki, and Ken Sakata. With the definitions of most of the words and phrases also given in Pidgin, the… …

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  • 38pidgin-english — pidgin [ pidʒin ] n. m. • 1924; pudgin 1902; pidjin English 1875; mot angl. (1851), altér. du mot business prononcé par les Chinois ♦ Ling. Langue seconde composite née du contact commercial entre l anglais et les langues d Extrême Orient, qui ne …

    Encyclopédie Universelle

  • 39pidgin English — n. [see PIDGIN] 1. a simplified form of English used by certain peoples of E Asia and the South Pacific in dealing with foreigners: there are two forms, Chinese pidgin and Melanesian pidgin, the former based on the syntax of Chinese, the latter… …

    English World dictionary

  • 40Pidgin (disambiguation) — Pidgin is a simplified language that develops between two or more groups who do not share a common language.Pidgin may also refer to:* Pidgin Magazine, a publication of the graduate students of the Princeton School of Architecture * Pidgin… …

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