pidgin

UK
/ˈpɪdʒɪn/
US
/ˈpɪdʒɪn/
pidginsubstantiv
pidgins
Pl.
UK
/ˈpɪdʒɪn/
US
/ˈpɪdʒɪn/
Übersetzungen
Pidgin languages often develop in regions where speakers of different native languages need to communicate.
Пиджин-языки часто развиваются в регионах, где носители разных родных языков нуждаются в общении.
Definitionen
A grammatically simplified language that develops between groups who do not share a common language, having a limited vocabulary and no native speakers.
Historically, dockworkers and sailors in the port spoke a pidgin based on Malay and Portuguese.
Synonyme
lingua franca
pidgin language
pidginadjektiv
UK
/ˈpɪdʒɪn/
US
/ˈpɪdʒɪn/
Used attributively before another noun to denote something relating to or characteristic of pidgin languages.
Definitionen
Relating to or characteristic of a pidgin language.
The guide spoke in pidgin German to make himself understood.