Associations to the word «Patois»
Noun
- Dialect
- Reggae
- Slang
- Pronunciation
- Lucian
- Afro
- French
- Une
- Accent
- Parisian
- Lesser
- Language
- Caribbean
- English
- Continuum
- Revue
- Franco
- Des
- Tongue
- Maybe
- Les
- Spoke
- Spanish
- Roman
- Lan
- Speech
- Speaker
- Phrase
- Mixture
- Grammar
- Dialogue
- Franc
- Sur
- Word
- Le
- Verb
- Latin
- Dictionary
- Modification
- Berry
- Louisiana
- Italian
- Translation
- Poetry
- Dan
- Distinction
- African
- Lyric
- Rhythm
- Meaning
- Poem
- Conversation
- Audience
Adjective
Adverb
Wiktionary
PATOIS, noun. A regional dialect of a language (especially French); usually considered substandard.
PATOIS, noun. Any of various French or Occitan dialects spoken in France.
PATOIS, noun. Creole French in the Caribbean (especially in Dominica, St. Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago and Haiti).
PATOIS, noun. A Jamaican Creole language primarily based on English and African languages but also has influences from Spanish, Portuguese and Hindi.
PATOIS, noun. Jargon or cant.
Dictionary definition
PATOIS, noun. A characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo".
PATOIS, noun. A regional dialect of a language (especially French); usually considered substandard.
Wise words
The most important things are the hardest things to say.
They are the things you get ashamed of because words
diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem
timeless when they are in your head to no more than living
size when they are brought out.