PIDGIN

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

An artificial language used for trade between speakers of different languages

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("pidgin" is a kind of...):

artificial language (a language that is deliberately created for a specific purpose)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pidgin"):

Chinook Jargon; Oregon Jargon (a pidgin incorporating Chinook and French and English words; formerly used as a lingua franca in northwestern North America)

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