patois

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈpæ.twɑː/|/ˈpæ.twɑːz/    美 /pæˈtwɑ/|/pæˈtwɑz/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A regional dialect (usually one considered substandard) of a language (especially French). countable,uncountable
    — [The Sundanese] are regarded as relatively barbarous, and in the company of Malays or Javanese, they are themselves ashamed of their dialect, which is looked on as a sort of rude patois.
  2. Any of various French or Occitan dialects spoken in France. countable,uncountable
  3. Creole French in the Caribbean (especially in Dominica, St. Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago, and Haiti). countable,uncountable
  4. Ellipsis of Jamaican Patois. Jamaica,abbreviation,alt-of,countable,ellipsis
  5. Jargon or cant. countable,uncountable
    — In the patois of insurance, the winery will go bare into this year’s burning season, which experts predict to be especially fierce.

词形变化

patois plural Patois alternative

词汇关系

近义词
Jamaican Patwa Jamaican Patois

词源

Borrowed from French patois (“regional dialect or language”), c. 1635.
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