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Word: patois (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • A Jamaican Creole language primarily based on English and African languages but also has influences from Spanish, Portuguese and Hindi.
  • Any of various French or Occitan dialects spoken in France.
  • Creole French in the Caribbean (especially in Dominica, St Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago& Haiti).

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