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ντοπιολαλιά — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • patois noun A regional dialect (usually one considered substandard) of a language (especially French).
  • vernacular noun The everyday, informal language spoken by ordinary people in a particular place, as opposed to formal or literary language.

Senses

ντοπιολαλιά is used for these senses in English:

  • patois A regional dialect (usually one considered substandard) of a language (especially French).
  • vernacular The language of a people or a national language.

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.

vernacular — full definition

  1. noun The everyday, informal language spoken by ordinary people in a particular place, as opposed to formal or literary language.
  2. adj Relating to this kind of everyday, local language or style.

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