patois

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Definition of patois - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, masculine

dialecte régionallangue parlée dans une région précise, différente de la langue officielle

Les habitants de ce village parlent encore leur patois local.

langue régionale

groupe socialfaçon de parler propre à un groupe de personnes

Les adolescents utilisent souvent un patois que les adultes ne comprennent pas.

langage rustique

Rare

langage considéré comme grossier ou difficile à comprendre

Rare

Il s'exprime dans un patois que personne ne peut suivre.

Adjective

rustiquequi est considéré comme rustique ou incorrect dans l'expression

Son accent patois le trahit immédiatement.

populaire

rustique

dialecte local

Rare

qui appartient à un dialecte ou parler local

Rare

Il utilise souvent des mots patois dans ses conversations.

dialectal

local

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Origin of patois

français régional, patois (dialecte local)

Terms with patois included in their meaning

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charabia

patois

dialecte parlé en Auvergne autrefois

artésien

langue régionale

patois parlé dans la région de l'Artois

patoisant

dialecte

personne qui cultive ou emploie le patois

Examples of patois in a sentence

Le patois disparaît peu à peu chez les jeunes.
Ce patois est parlé dans tout le village.
Elle a appris le patois de ses grands-parents.
Son patois diffère de celui du village voisin.
Le patois local disparaît peu à peu chez les jeunes.
Elle portait une robe au style patois lors de la fête.

Son langage patois détonnait dans la conversation formelle.
Il parle un patois très local dans cette région.
Le vieux village a conservé son patois traditionnel.

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English:dialect, rustic, ...
German:Dialekt, dialektal, ...
Italian:dialetto, dialettale, ...
Spanish:patués, rústico, ...
Portuguese:dialeto, rústico, ...
Chinese:方言, 乡土的, ...
Japanese:方言, 田舎訛りの, ...
Arabic:لهجة محلية, عامي, ...
Hebrew:נִיב, כַּפְרִי, ...
Russian:патоис, простонародный, ...
Ukrainian:діалект, сільський, ...
Catalan:dialecte, vulgar, ...
Danish:patois, dialektal, ...
Dutch:dialect, dialectisch, ...
Greek:προφορική διάλεκτος, αγροτικός, ...
Hungarian:nyelvjárás, tájnyelvi, ...
Khmer:គ្រាមភាសា, ភាសាគ្រាម, ...
Korean:방언, 촌스러운, ...
Polish:gwara, gwarowy, ...
Portuguese (BR):dialeto, caipira, ...
Romanian:grai, regional, ...
Swedish:dialekt, dialektal, ...
Thai:ภาษาถิ่น, บ้านนอก, ...
Turkish:ağız, köylüce, ...
Vietnamese:tiếng địa phương, quê mùa, ...

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Definition of patois - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, masculine

Adjective

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