PIDGIN


Meaning of PIDGIN in English

1.

Pidgin is a simple form of a language which speakers of a different language use to communicate. Pidgin is not anyone’s first language.

He’s at ease speaking ~ with the factory workers and guys on the docks.

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2.

If someone is speaking their own language simply or another language badly and is trying to communicate, you can say that they are speaking, for example, ~ English or ~ Italian.

The restaurant owner could only speak ~ English.

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