PATOIS as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a regional dialect of a language (especially French)
   • usually considered substandard
   Hypernyms(s) patois is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • dialect (what does dialect mean?)
   • idiom (what does idiom mean?)
   • accent (what does accent mean?)
2. Meaning
   • a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves)
   Synonym(s)
   • argot (what does argot mean?)
   • cant (what does cant mean?)
   • jargon (what does jargon mean?)
   • lingo (what does lingo mean?)
   • slang (what does slang mean?)
   • vernacular (what does vernacular mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • they don”t speak our lingo
   Hypernyms(s) patois is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • non-standard speech (what does non-standard speech mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • street name (what does street name mean?)
   • rhyming slang (what does rhyming slang mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • slang (what does slang mean?)