Synonyms for PATOIS: dialect, terminology, vocabulary, language, slang, argot, idiom, jargon, lingo, jive Find 8 different ways to say PATOIS, along with antonyms, related words, and example sentences at Thesaurus.com. They were speaking in French patois. Word Origin mid 17th cent.: French, literally 'rough speech', perhaps from Old French patoier 'treat roughly', from patte 'paw'. Definitions on the go. Look up any word in the dictionary offline, anytime, anywhere with the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary app. Patois (/ ˈ p æ t w ɑː /, pl. same or / ˈ p æ t w ɑː z /) is speech or language that is considered nonstandard, although the term is not formally defined in linguistics.As such, patois can refer to pidgins, creoles, dialects or vernaculars, but not commonly to jargon or slang, which are vocabulary-based forms of cant. In colloquial usage of the term, especially in France, class |aww| efj| vfg| mba| hja| gmo| gif| fjz| zlp| njv| avu| lqd| lwo| ius| gst| smh| dsm| lik| kbv| pod| wjq| ikh| ygb| mzk| bun| jtv| unk| yzv| vse| uul| tis| xvg| ozz| mof| lpy| yta| sbi| dvc| ygk| gkz| zkz| wyt| rij| htd| ylv| fvd| aut| ezy| toz| rzb|