Patois (Noun)
Meaning 1
A regional dialect of a language (especially French); usually considered substandard.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Hypernyms
Meaning 2
A characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo".
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- The crew of the ship spoke a unique patois that only they could understand, a mix of slang and nautical terms.
- In the inner city, the youth developed their own patois, blending elements of different languages and dialects.
- The thieves' guild had its own secret patois, used to communicate without being detected by outsiders.
- The fishermen of the coastal village spoke a distinctive patois, full of metaphors and idioms related to the sea.
- The group of hackers used a specialized patois, full of technical terms and abbreviations, to discuss their latest exploits.