patois

Noun

Meaning

A dialect peculiar to the illiterate classes; a provincial form of speech.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

cant slang vernacular jargon argot lingo jamaican creole patter language speech talk tongue dialect accent
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Antonyms

latin hush standard formal hearing rhetoric
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Hypernyms

dialect accent idiom non-standard speech

Hyponyms

rhyming slang street name

Phrases with the word

Jamaican Patois pearly kings and queens patois early roman patois

Anagrams

POSITA sipota

Examples

they don't speak our lingo Source: Internet

"But just because a word has briefly become part of the nation's playground patois, does that qualify it for a place in the OED? Source: Internet

All of these new arrivals became denizens of Marseilles, speaking their own patois, eating the distinctive food of the city, and engaging in a strict honor code. Source: Internet

A review of BMT mentions your use of patois, adding that “Mordecai pays us the compliment of respecting that readers have more than one way of understanding a word and a concept.” Source: Internet

“Utterly riveting, swaggering with stylish machismo and precise ear for kitchen patois.” Source: Internet

In 1794, Bertrand Barère submitted his "report on the patois" to the Committee of Public Safety in which he said that "federalism and superstition speak Breton". Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

patnidar Patnode pato patola patole patolli