English Explanatory Dictionary

patois

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A regional dialect (usually one considered substandard) of a language (especially French).
  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, and Haiti).
  4. Ellipsis of Jamaican Patois.
  5. Jargon or cant.
name
  1. Alternative form of Patwa.

Pronunciation

pătwäʹ /pæˈtwɑ/ pătʹwä /ˈpæ.twɑː/ En-us-patois.ogg pătwäzʹ /pæˈtwɑz/ pătʹwäz /ˈpæ.twɑːz/

Word forms

patois

Etymology

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

Synonyms

Jamaican Patwa Jamaican Patois
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