noun🔗ShareA regional dialect of a language (especially French); usually considered substandard."In rural Louisiana, many families still speak a unique patois, a blend of French and other influences considered less formal than standard French. "languagelinguisticsculturecommunicationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareAny of various French or Occitan dialects spoken in France.""When visiting her grandmother in rural Louisiana, Marie struggled to understand the local patois, a dialect of French unique to that region." "languagelinguisticscultureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareCreole French in the Caribbean (especially in Dominica, St. Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago and Haiti)."Many people in St. Lucia speak English, but they also communicate using a French-based patois. "languagecultureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareJamaican Patois, a Jamaican creole language primarily based on English and African languages but also has influences from Spanish, Portuguese and Hindi."Many Jamaicans speak English fluently, but at home they often converse in Patois, a unique blend of English, African, and other languages. "languageculturelinguisticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareJargon or cant."The teenagers spoke a patois filled with slang that their parents couldn't understand. "languagecommunicationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
