Usually means: Simplified language blending two languages.
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We found 27 dictionaries that define the word pidgin:

General (22 matching dictionaries)
  1. pidgin: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. pidgin: Merriam-Webster
  3. Pidgin, pidgin: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. pidgin: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. pidgin: Collins English Dictionary
  6. pidgin: Vocabulary.com
  7. Pidgin, pidgin: Wordnik
  8. pidgin: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. pidgin: Wiktionary
  10. pidgin: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. pidgin: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. pidgin: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. pidgin: Dictionary.com
  14. pidgin: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. pidgin: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Pidgin (IM client), Pidgin (disambiguation), Pidgin (instant messaging client), Pidgin (software), Pidgin: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. pidgin: Rhymezone
  18. pidgin: FreeDictionary.org
  19. pidgin: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. pidgin: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Pidgin: Glossary of English Grammar Terms

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Webopedia (No longer online)
  2. pidgin: Encyclopedia

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Anthropology dictionary (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Pidgin: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See pidginization as well.)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ noun:  (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.
▸ noun:  (archaic, idiomatic) A person's business, occupation, work, or trade (also spelt as pigeon).

Similar:
Googlish, groupspeak, Gipe, Globish, gallipot word, gyppie, Gchat, gweep, ChatGPT, gyppo, more...

Types:
AfricAmericEnglish, HawaiiCreole, NigeriPidgin, Tok Pisin, MelanesiPidgin, more...

Phrases:
pidgin English, melanesian pidgin, pidgin language, Nigerian Pidgin, Hawaiian Pidgin, more...

Adjectives:
based, melanesian, nigerian, portuguese, hawaiian, stable, english, early, chinese, australian, little
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Similar:
Googlish, groupspeak, Gipe, Globish, gallipot word, gyppie, Gchat, gweep, ChatGPT, gyppo, more...

Types:
AfricAmericEnglish, HawaiiCreole, NigeriPidgin, Tok Pisin, MelanesiPidgin, more...

Phrases:
pidgin English, melanesian pidgin, pidgin language, Nigerian Pidgin, Hawaiian Pidgin, Melanesian Pidgin English, new guinea pidgin, pidgin sign english, solomon islands pidgin, Cameroonian Pidgin English, more...

Adjectives:
based, melanesian, nigerian, portuguese, hawaiian, stable, english, early, chinese, australian, little



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