pidgin
English
/ˈpɪ.dʒɪn/, /ˈpɪ.dʒən/
noun
Definitions
- (linguistics) An amalgamation of two disparate languages, used by two populations having no common language as a lingua franca to communicate with each other, lacking formalized grammar and having a small, utilitarian vocabulary and no native speakers.
- (archaic) A person's business, occupation, work, or trade.
Etymology
Derived from English business borrowed from Hebrew (modern) פִּדְיוֹן (exchange, redemption, trade) derived from Portuguese ocupação (business, occupation), baixo (low).
Origin
Portuguese
baixo
Gloss
low
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Other
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Pijin English
- agribusiness English
- agrobusiness English
- antibusiness English
- business English
- business case English
- business trip English
- businessese English
- businessfolk English
- businessless English
- businesslike English
- businessman English
- businessperson English
- businessplace English
- businesswear English
- businesswide English
- businesswise English
- businesswoman English
- businessworthy English
- businessy English
- busy English
- by-business English
- cyberbusiness English
- e-business English
- megabusiness English
- microbusiness English
- multibusiness English
- nonbusiness English
- pidginist English
- pidginization English
- pidginize English
- pidginogenic English
- prebusiness English
- prepidgin English
- probusiness English
- showbusiness English
- superbusiness English
- telebusiness English
- bisnes Finnish
- occupātiō, occupatio, occupātiōnem Latin
- business Italian
- business Dutch, Flemish
- business French
- бизнес Russian
- пиджин Russian
- abaixar Portuguese
- abaixo Portuguese
- antiocupação Portuguese
- baixista Portuguese
- baixo Portuguese
- cabisbaixo Portuguese
- debaixo Portuguese
- desocupação Portuguese
- embaixo Portuguese
- ocupação Portuguese
- ビジネス Japanese
- ピジン Japanese
- biznes Polish
- busines Middle English
- busnes Welsh
- besnissaður Faroese
- бизнес Bulgarian
- פִּדְיוֹן Hebrew (modern)
- baixo Old Portuguese
- 皮欽 Chinese
- 皮欽語 Chinese
- бізнес Ukrainian
- pijini Swahili
- бізнес Belarusian
- peejnej Marshallese
- bisnis Tok Pisin
- biznis Haitian, Haitian Creole
- Bisniss Pennsylvania German
- business Tatar
- बनय्ज्या Newari
- Pijin Pijin
- busy
- Pijin
- business
- businessy
- pidginize
- prepidgin
- pidginist
- e-business
- businessman
- probusiness
- nonbusiness
- businessese
- prebusiness
- by-business
- agribusiness
- antibusiness
- showbusiness
- businesslike
- megabusiness
- businesswise
- pidginogenic
- businessless
- telebusiness
- agrobusiness
- businesswide
- businessfolk
- businesswear
- cyberbusiness
- multibusiness
- businessplace
- business trip
- pidginization
- businesswoman
- microbusiness
- superbusiness
- business case
- businessperson
- businessworthy