PATOIS


Meaning of PATOIS in English

1.

A ~ is a form of a language, especially French, that is spoken in a particular area of a country.

In France ~ was spoken in rural, less developed regions.

= dialect

N-VAR

2.

A ~ is a language that has developed from a mixture of other languages.

A substantial proportion of the population speak a French-based ~.

= creole

N-VAR

Collins COBUILD.      Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) .