ALL meanings of pidgin english
pidgin English
P p - noun pidgin english a pidgin language based on English formerly used in commerce in Chinese ports. 1
- noun pidgin english a similar language used in other areas, such as Papua New Guinea (where it has semiofficial status) and parts of West Africa. 1
- noun pidgin english a pidgin in which one of the languages involved is English 0
- noun pidgin english a simplified form of English used by certain peoples of E Asia and the South Pacific in dealing with foreigners: there are two forms, Chinese pidgin and Melanesian pidgin, the former based on the syntax of Chinese, the latter on the syntax of certain aboriginal languages of Melanesia and N Australia 0
- noun pidgin english any pidgin based on English 0