patois

English

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Etymology

1635, from French patois (“regional dialect or language”). See patois.

Pronunciation

• enPR: pătwä, IPA: /pætˈwɑː/, X-SAMPA: /p{twA:/

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Noun

patois (plural patois)

1. A regional dialect of a language (especially French); usually considered substandard.
2. Any of various French or Occitan dialects spoken in France.
3. Creole French in the Caribbean (especially in Dominica, St. Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago& Haiti).
4. A Jamaican Creole language primarily based on English and African languages but also has influences from Spanish, Portuguese and Hindi.
5. Jargon or cant.

Translations

A regional dialect of a language

• Dutch: streektaal (nl) c
• Esperanto: loklingvo (eo)

• Greek: ντοπιολαλιά (el) (dopiolaliá) 

Anagrams

• patios

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French

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Etymology

From Middle French patois (“local dialect”), from Old French patois (“incomprehensible speech, rude language”), alteration (due to influence of the suffix -ois in words relating to nationalities and languages) of earlier *patoi, a deverbal of Old French patoier (“to gesticulate, handle clumsily, paw”), from pate (“paw”), from Vulgar Latin *patta (“paw, foot”), from Frankish *patta (“paw, sole of the foot”), from Proto-Germanic *pat-, *paþa- (“to walk, tread, go, step”), of uncertain origin and relation. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pent-/*(s)pat- (“path; to walk”), a variant of Proto-Indo-European *pent-/*pat- (“path; to go”). Cognate with Dutch pat, Low German pedden (“to step, tread”). Related to pad, path.

Noun

patois m (plural patois)

1. patois (French dialect)
2. patois (any regional dialect)

   On entendait, à côté du lourd patois dorien, retentir les syllabes celtiques bruissantes comme des chars de bataille, Gustave Flaubert - Salammbô, page 29.

Anagrams

• optais, posait, postai

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Italian

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Etymology

From French patois.

Noun

patois m (invariable)

1. patois

Anagrams

• ospita, posati, postai, sopita, spiato