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Word: Patois
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
mid 17th century: French, literally ‘rough speech’, perhaps from Old French patoier ‘treat roughly’, from patte ‘paw’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈpatwɑː
Dialects: British English
Definition:
the dialect of a particular region, especially one with low status in relation to the standard language of the country
Short Definition:dialect of particular region
Examples:- the nurse talked to me in a patois that even Italians would have had difficulty in understanding
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