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Pat·ois

(păt′wä′, pă-twä′)

Variant of Patwa.

pat·ois

(păt′wä′, pă-twä′)

n. pl. pat·ois (păt′wäz′, pă-twä′)

a. A regional dialect, especially one without a literary tradition.

b. Nonstandard speech.

2. The special jargon of a group; cant.

[French, from Old French, incomprehensible or crude speech, local dialect, from patoier, to gesticulate (like one unable to speak), speak crudely, from pate, paw, from Vulgar Latin *patta, probably originally imitative of the sound of one object striking another, such as the footfall of an animal.]

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patois

(ˈpætwɑː; French patwa)

n, pl patois (ˈpætwɑːz; French patwa)

1. (Linguistics) an unwritten regional dialect of a language, esp of French, usually considered substandard

2. (Linguistics) the jargon of particular group

[C17: from Old French: rustic speech, perhaps from patoier to handle awkwardly, from patte paw]

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pat•ois

(ˈpæt wɑ, ˈpɑ twɑ, pæˈtwɑ)

n., pl. pat•ois (ˈpæt wɑz, ˈpɑ twɑz, pæˈtwɑz)

1. a regional form of a language, esp. of French, differing from the standard, literary form of the language.

2. a rural or provincial form of speech.

3. jargon; cant; argot.

[1635–45; < French; akin to Old French patoier to handle clumsily, derivative of pate paw]

patois

A regional dialect, or a jargon belonging to a particular group of people.

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Noun	1.	patois - a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo" argot, jargon, lingo, vernacular, slang, cant bite - a portion removed from the whole; "the government's weekly bite from my paycheck" swiz - British slang for a swindle heist, rip-off - the act of stealing shakedown - extortion of money (as by blackmail) power trip - (slang) a self-aggrandizing action undertaken simply for the pleasure of exercising control over other people nookie, nooky, piece of tail, roll in the hay, screwing, screw - slang for sexual intercourse dekko - British slang for a look square-bashing - drill on a barracks square shakedown - a very thorough search of a person or a place; "a shakedown by the police uncovered the drugs" caff - informal British term for a cafe deck - street name for a packet of illegal drugs gat, rod - a gangster's pistol Mickey Finn - slang term for knockout drops nick - (British slang) a prison; "he's in the nick" dreck, schlock, shlock - merchandise that is shoddy or inferior cert - an absolute certainty; "it's a dead cert" legs - staying power; "that old Broadway play really has legs" soup-strainer, toothbrush - slang for a mustache bunghole - vulgar slang for anus bay window, potbelly, tummy, corporation, pot - slang for a paunch niff, pong - an unpleasant smell street name - slang for something (especially for an illegal drug); "`smack' is a street name for heroin" corker - (dated slang) a remarkable or excellent thing or person; "that story was a corker" hooey, poppycock, stuff and nonsense, stuff - senseless talk; "don't give me that stuff" baloney, bilgewater, boloney, bosh, drool, humbug, tommyrot, tosh, twaddle, taradiddle, tarradiddle - pretentious or silly talk or writing codswallop, folderol, trumpery, wish-wash, applesauce, tripe, rubbish, trash - nonsensical talk or writing skin flick - a pornographic movie dibs - a claim of rights; "I have dibs on that last slice of pizza" non-standard speech - speech that differs from the usual accepted, easily recognizable speech of native adult members of a speech community rhyming slang - slang that replaces words with rhyming words or expressions and then typically omits the rhyming component; "Cockney rhyming slang" bunfight, bun-fight - (Briticism) a grand formal party on an important occasion burnup - a high-speed motorcycle race on a public road nosh-up - a large satisfying meal hood - (slang) a neighborhood 'hood - (slang) a neighborhood airhead - a flighty scatterbrained simpleton; "she's a total airhead"; "every airhead on a big salary rushed out to buy one" babe, sister, baby - (slang) sometimes used as a term of address for attractive young women bad egg - (old-fashioned slang) a bad person boffin - (British slang) a scientist or technician engaged in military research good egg - (old-fashioned slang) a good person guvnor - (British slang) boss old man - (slang) boss out-and-outer - someone who is excellent at something schlockmeister, shlockmeister - (slang) a merchant who deals in shoddy or inferior merchandise squeeze - (slang) a person's girlfriend or boyfriend; "she was his main squeeze" suit - (slang) a businessman dressed in a business suit; "all the suits care about is the bottom line" tripper - (slang) someone who has taken a psychedelic drug and is undergoing hallucinations juice - electric current; "when the wiring was finished they turned on the juice" big bucks, big money, megabucks, pile, bundle - a large sum of money (especially as pay or profit); "she made a bundle selling real estate"; "they sank megabucks into their new house" key - a kilogram of a narcotic drug; "they were carrying two keys of heroin" skinful - a quantity of alcoholic drink sufficient to make you drunk; "someone had to drive me home last night because I had a skinful" juice - energetic vitality; "her creative juices were flowing" the trots - obscene terms for diarrhea heebie-jeebies, jitters, screaming meemies - extreme nervousness
	2.	patois - a regional dialect of a language (especially French); usually considered substandard French - the Romance language spoken in France and in countries colonized by France dialect, idiom, accent - the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people; "the immigrants spoke an odd dialect of English"; "he has a strong German accent"; "it has been said that a language is a dialect with an army and navy"

patois

noun

1. dialect, vernacular In France patois was spoken in rural regions.

2. jargon, slang, vernacular, patter, cant, lingo (informal), argot people from the ghetto who speak street patois

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patois

noun

1. A variety of a language that differs from the standard form:

argot, cant, dialect, jargon, lingo, vernacular.

2. Specialized expressions indigenous to a particular field, subject, trade, or subculture:

argot, cant, dialect, idiom, jargon, language, lexicon, lingo, terminology, vernacular, vocabulary.

Translations

dialetto

patois

[ˈpætwɑː] N (patois (pl)) → dialecto m, jerga f

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patois

[ˈpætwɑː] n (= dialect) → patois m

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patois

n → Mundart f

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Old Celestine, with a bandana tignon twisted about her head, hobbled in and out, taking a personal interest in everything; and she lingered occasionally to talk patois with Robert, whom she had known as a boy.

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Their language is of the same piebald character, being a French patois, embroidered with Indian and English words and phrases.

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These words, said in the Corsican patois, stopped Lucien at the moment when he was springing under the portico.

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I feel a strong impulse to try him with that unique patois word, which, whistled after a peculiar manner, when I was a boy never failed to succeed in the mountains of Orb--Beni!

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Amid the jargon of Indian dialects that he now plainly heard, it was easy to distinguish not only words, but sentences, in the patois of the Canadas.

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Never a moment did that sublime spirit speak in their patois. To truth, justice, love, the attributes of the soul, the idea of immutableness is essentially associated.

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"My son," said the old Gascon gentleman, in that pure Bearn PATOIS of which Henry IV could never rid himself, "this horse was born in the house of your father about thirteen years ago, and has remained in it ever since, which ought to make you love it.

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Good-day to you!" said the Swiss, in his mountain patois.

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Guests are welcomed by Patois' contrasting interior: a ceiling striped in Rasta colors, a checkered black-and-white tile wall, a graffiti-sprayed mural, and a gleaming disco ball give the place a free and easy feel.

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Marlon James's use of Jamaican Patois in his 2015 Booker Prize-winning novel A Brief History of Seven Killings extends the concept of literary-bilingualism.

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The "Look at Me" rapper took to the internet to call out Drake, telling the "6 God" artist to "(https://twitter.com/mymixtapez/status/849729560883101696?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.xxlmag.com%2Fvideo%2F2017%2F04%2Fxxxtentacion-drake-stop-speaking-patois%2F) stop speaking patois " because he's not Jamaican.

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Wong returned to Toronto with his classic techniques, but didn't open a French place, instead he opened Patois, celebrating his heritage with dishes such as jerk chicken chow mein and a Hong Kong-style sweet pineapple bun burger.