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patois - Dictionary definition and meaning for patois

PATOIS

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  • (noun) a regional dialect of a language (especially French); usually considered substandard

    The poems were written in Jamaican patois. -added by naila_inlas

  • (noun) a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves)

    "they don't speak our lingo"

    synonyms : argot , cant , jargon , lingo , slang , vernacular

    One finds it very difficult to follow the cant of a legal documents. -added by Aswathy_inlas

    She had a hard time understanding their street patois. -added by naila_inlas

    patois
    -tagged by Administrator
    You can never translate this language.It's an argot, known by few only.

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.

Mnemonics for patois

  • (Tag: Hindi) (Sounds like potato) Some say patois, some say potato ans some say aloo while all seem that round vegetable only difference of language.

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  • (Tag: English) pato+is...say your friend is saying you to "pataoo(flirt) isko (that girl)..by talking in her own patois.

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  • (Tag: urdu, hindi) patois is pronounced as "pathwa" which is similar to "Fatwa" which is given by the regional Muslim leader. Speech by regional muslim clergy. ...yeah,well no one cares what jargon muslim clergy uses

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  • (Tag: ) its origin from french..where patois means to handle something very clumsily.so illetrate people basically handle situation very clumsily while communicating so they don't give much importance to what they are saying hence use dilects.which are genar

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  • (Tag: ) The spelling is a hard part OIS stands for Other Interpretations of Sentences

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  • (Tag: ) focus on PAT ..means..exactly suited to the situation....so the DILECTS WHICH are said by particular group of people , are SITUATION BASED, OR SPOKEN DURING a particular SITUATION.

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  • (Tag: ) ragra paetis..maharashtran jargon and substandard one at that..perfect mnemonic

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  • (Tag: ) 土话

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  • (Tag: ) Example:Bhojpuri dialect

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