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English
Etymology
From pidgin English, from Chinese Pidgin English pidgin, a pronunciation of English business during trade in the Far East. All attestations of pidgin from the first half of the nineteenth century given in the third edition of the Oxford English Dictionary mean “business; an action, occupation, or affair” (the earliest being from 1807). Other suggested derivations include:
Pronunciation
Noun
pidgin (countable and uncountable, plural pidgins)
- (linguistics) An amalgamation of two disparate languages, used by two populations having no common language as a lingua franca to communicate with each other, lacking formalized grammar and having a small, utilitarian vocabulary and no native speakers. The speech is slow and supported by mime and gesture.
- Synonym: baragouin
- (archaic, idiomatic) A person's business, occupation, work, or trade (also spelt as pigeon).
1950, Robert A. Heinlein, The Man Who Sold the Moon:Forget money. That's my pidgin.
2015, Guy Cullingford, Post Mortem:It's up to the detective sergeant to ask his own questions, that's not my pidgin. But I did wonder if either of you gentlemen had an idea of the exact time of the shot.
Usage notes
- Some pidgins that have developed into creoles nevertheless (confusingly) retain the word "pidgin" in their names.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
amalgamation of two languages having no native speakers
- Armenian: փիջին (pʻiǰin)
- Bislama: pijin
- Bulgarian: пи́джин m (pídžin)
- Burmese: ပစ်ဂျင် (pacgyang)
- Catalan: pidgin m
- Cherokee: ᏈᏥᏂ (quitsini)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 皮欽語 / 皮钦语 (zh) (píqīnyǔ), 混雜語言 / 混杂语言 (hùnzá yǔyán)
- Danish: pidgin (da) n, pidginsprog n
- Esperanto: piĝino
- Finnish: pidgin (fi)
- French: pidgin (fr) m, créole (fr) m, langue véhiculaire (fr) f
- German: Pidgin (de) n, Pidginsprache (de) f, Pidgin-Sprache (de) f
- Irish: nasctheanga f
- Italian: pidgin (it)
- Japanese: ピジン言語 (ja) (pijin gengo)
- Low German:
- German Low German: Pidgin n, Pidginspraak f, Pidgin-Spraak f
- Macedonian: пиџин m (pidžin)
- Māori: kōrapurapu, reo kōrapurapu
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: pidgin m or n, pidginspråk n
- Nynorsk: pidgin m, pidginspråk n
- Pijin: pijin
- Polish: pidgin (pl) m, pidżin m, pidżyn (pl) m
- Portuguese: pidgin (pt) m
- Russian: пи́джин (ru) m (pídžin)
- Spanish: pidgin (es) m
- Swahili: pijini
- Swedish: pidgin c, pidginspråk (sv) n
- Tamil: பிட்யின் (piṭyiṉ)
- Thai: พิดจิน (pid-jin)
- Tok Pisin: pisin (tpi)
- Turkish: pidgin
- Vietnamese: pít-gin
- Welsh: pijin m
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See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 John Holmes, An introduction to pidgins and creoles, Cambridge University Press (2000)
Further reading
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from English pidgin, from Chinese Pidgin English pidgin, from English business.
Pronunciation
Noun
pidgin m (plural pidgins)
- pidgin
Further reading
Chinese Pidgin English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From English business.
Pronunciation
Noun
pidgin
- business
- affair
Polish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English pidgin, from pidgin English, from a Chinese Pidgin English pronunciation of English business during trade in the Far East.
Pronunciation
Noun
pidgin m inan
- (linguistics) alternative spelling of pidżyn
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
- “pidgin”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN[1] (in Polish)
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Noun
pidgin m (plural pidgins)
- (linguistics) pidgin (amalgamation of two languages having no native speakers)
Further reading
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpidxin/ [ˈpið̞.xĩn]
- Rhymes: -idxin
- Syllabification: pid‧gin
Noun
pidgin m (plural pidgins or pidgin)
- (linguistics) pidgin (amalgamation of two languages having no native speakers)
Further reading
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