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- DictionaryPat·ois/paˈtwä/
noun
- 1. the dialect of the common people of a region, differing in various respects from the standard language of the rest of the country: "the nurse talked to me in a patois that even Italians would have had difficulty in understanding"
The meaning of PATOIS is a dialect other than the standard or literary dialect. How to use patois in a sentence.
Patois ( / ˈpætwɑː /, pl. same or / ˈpætwɑːz /) [1] is speech or language that is considered nonstandard, although the term is not formally defined in linguistics. As such, patois can refer to pidgins, creoles, dialects or vernaculars, but not commonly to jargon or slang, which are vocabulary-based forms of cant .
the form of a language spoken by people in a particular area that is different from the standard language of the country: the local patois. Compare.
Patois definition: a regional form of a language, especially of French, differing from the standard, literary form of the language.. See examples of PATOIS used in a sentence.
The noun patois describes the way you talk, like the patois of New Englanders who tend to drop the letter r: "Drive yah cah to Hahvahd Yahd," while others say, "Drive your car to Harvard Yard." Patois , which rhymes with "voilà," is speech used in a particular region, profession, or group.
the form of a language spoken by people in a particular area that is different from the standard language of the country: the local patois. Compare.
There are four meanings listed in OED's entry for the word patois. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
