Look up: Patois


  1. patois
    [n] - a regional dialect of a language (especially French)
    Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=patois

  2. Patois
    Pa`tois' noun [ French] A dialect peculiar to the illiterate classes; a provincial form of speech. « The jargon and patois of several provinces.» Sir T. Browne.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/33

  3. patois
    noun a regional dialect of a language (especially French); usually considered substandard
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=patois

  4. Patois
    • (n.) A dialect peculiar to the illiterate classes; a provincial form of speech.
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/patois/

  5. Patois
    Patois (ˈpætwɑː, pl. /ˈpætwɑːz/) is any language that is considered nonstandard, although the term is not formally defined in linguistics. It can refer to pidgins, creoles, dialects, and other forms of native or local speech, but not commonly to jargon or slang, which are vocabulary-based f...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patois

  6. patois
    1) A regional dialect of a language 2) Academese, e.g. 3) Argot 4) Cajun french, e.g. 5) Cant 6) Dialect 7) Gumbo, e.g. 8) Jargon 9) Language offshoot 10) Lingo 11) Linguistic study 12) Local lingo 13) Non-sta...
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/patois/1

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