streektaal — meaning in English

English meaning

• dialect noun A form of a language spoken in a particular region or by a particular group, differing from the standard version in vocabulary, grammar, or pronunciation.
• patois noun A regional dialect (usually one considered substandard) of a language (especially French).

Senses

streektaal is used for these senses in English:

• patois A regional dialect (usually one considered substandard) of a language (especially French).

patois — full definition

1. noun A regional dialect (usually one considered substandard) of a language (especially French).
2. noun Any of various French, Franco-Provençal or Occitan dialects spoken in France.
3. noun Creole French in the Caribbean (especially in Dominica, St. Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago, and Haiti).
4. noun Ellipsis of Jamaican Patois.

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