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Patois

🔄 Synonyms of "Patois"

6 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
vernacularnoun	The language of a people or a national language.
cantnoun	(countable) An argot, the jargon of a particular class or subgroup.
jargonnoun	(uncountable) A technical terminology unique to a particular subject.
slangnoun	Language outside of conventional usage and in the informal register.
argotnoun	The specialized informal vocabulary and terminology used between people with special skill in a field, such as between doctors, mathematicians or hackers.
lingonoun	(informal) Language, especially language peculiar to a particular group, field, or region; jargon or a dialect.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Patois"

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Word	Definition
vernacularnoun	The language of a people or a national language.
lingonoun	(informal) Language, especially language peculiar to a particular group, field, or region; jargon or a dialect.
jargonnoun	(uncountable) A technical terminology unique to a particular subject.
slangnoun	Language outside of conventional usage and in the informal register.
cantnoun	(countable) An argot, the jargon of a particular class or subgroup.
argotnoun	The specialized informal vocabulary and terminology used between people with special skill in a field, such as between doctors, mathematicians or hackers.
provincialismnoun	The quality of being provincial; having provincial tastes, mentality, manners.
provençalnoun	Of, from or relating to Provence, a traditional geographic region roughly corresponding to the modern administrative region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.
paralectnoun	An idiolect that closely approximates the dominant or most prestigious language form, but differs slightly, reflecting the speaker's original dialect, especially as regards to accent.
patrilectnoun	(linguistics) The language or dialect spoken by the patriclan.
pseudo-englishnoun	(linguistics) Lexical borrowings from English that do not correspond directly to English word usage.
parleyvoonoun	The French language, especially as understood by an English person.
portuguesismnoun	(countable) A word, phrase, etc. characteristic of Portuguese speakers.
provencalnoun	Misspelling of Provençal. [(loosely, dated in linguistics) The language spoken in Provence; Occitan.]
patavinitynoun	(Ancient Rome) The use of local or provincial words from Patavium
basilectnoun	(sociolinguistics) A variety of a language that differs substantially from the standard form, and is only considered suitable for very informal contexts by speakers.
pigeon englishnoun	Archaic form of pidgin English. [(originally) The Chinese pidgin English spoken in Canton and Hong Kong, later spreading throughout the Chinese and Southeast Asian coastal region.]
parlancenoun	A certain way of speaking, of using words; especially that associated with a particular job or interest.
parisianismnoun	(uncountable) Behaviours or attitudes typical of Paris, France.
policespeaknoun	A constructed language for police and emergency service cooperation at the Channel Tunnel, using a limited vocabulary drawn from French and English.