pid‧gin /ˈpɪdʒən, ˈpɪdʒɪn/ noun [uncountable and countable]
[Date: 1800-1900; Language: Chinese; Origin: English business]

1. a language that is a mixture of two other languages, which people who do not speak each other’s languages well use to talk to each other

2. pidgin English/French etc English, French etc that is mixed with the words or grammar of another language

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