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Meanings of patois in inglês
Language spoken in France, near the Italian and Swiss borders. Also spoken in Italy and Switzerland.
Usage of patois in inglês
1
Havenite patois will work fine, since they won't know the difference anyway.
2
I'm not even quite sure what patois is-somesort of meat paste?
3
Where fashion patois shines, however, is in the flamboyant expression of sensibility.
4
The letter is ill-written and worse spelt, in an extraordinary French patois.
5
Their language was a Spanish patois; their voices were sharp and disagreeable.
6
The Kid was conversant with their French patois, and followed it anxiously.
7
He knew much of the patois, from hearing it spoken at home.
8
The dialect of Chamouni is a patois, composed of French and Latin.
9
Brian Moore came with us, too, 'cause he speaks the local patois.
10
When they talked their own patois you could see he didn't understand.
11
Yet they understood each other, using a quasi-human language as a common patois.
12
The English pronunciation of the name William had been preserved in the patois.
13
In Jamaica we speak patois so people here couldn't understand me.
14
The woman began to talk swiftly in a patois of French and Cree.
15
It easily understands basic Jamaican patois and can even recognise the Jamaican accent.
16
He had picked up some of the patois of half-blood French and English.
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Patois across language varieties
United Kingdom
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