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Patois logo #10101) Academese 2) Argot 3) Cant 4) Creole 5) Dialect 6) Dialect; jargon 7) Folk dialect 8) French word used in English 9) Jargon 10) Language offshoot 11) Lingo 12) Linguistic study 13) Local lingo 14) Non-standard speech 15) Nonstandard dialect 16) Pidgin or creole 17) Provincial dialect 18) Provincial speech
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Patois

Patois logo #10101) Argot 2) Jargon 3) Lingo
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Patois

Patois logo #21000 Patois (ɑː, pl. same or z) 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 forms of Cant. Class distinctions are embedded in the term, dra...
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Patois

Patois logo #21002• (n.) A dialect peculiar to the illiterate classes; a provincial form of speech.
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Patois

Patois logo #20972Pa`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.
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patois

patois logo #20400[n] - a regional dialect of a language (especially French)
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patois

patois logo #20974 noun a regional dialect of a language (especially French); usually considered substandard
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