PATOIS

patois

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

slang, cant, jargon, lingo, argot, patois, vernacular

(noun) a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); “they don’t speak our lingo”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

patois (countable and uncountable, plural patois)

A regional dialect of a language (especially French); usually considered substandard.

Any of various French or Occitan dialects spoken in France.

Creole French in the Caribbean (especially in Dominica, St. Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago and Haiti).

Jamaican Patois, a Jamaican Creole language primarily based on English and African languages but also has influences from Spanish, Portuguese and Hindi.

Jargon or cant.

Anagrams

• POSITA, patios, spatio-, taipos

Source: Wiktionary

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Pa`tois", n. Etym: [F.]

Definition: A dialect peculiar to the illiterate classes; a provincial form of speech. The jargon and patois of several provinces. Sir T. Browne.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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