different between pijin vs pidgin

Marshallese

Pronunciation

• (phonetic) IPA^(key): [p?iz?in?]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /p?it?in?/
• Bender phonemes: {pijin}

Etymology 1

pej +? -in

Noun

pijin

1. construct state of pej

Etymology 2

pij +? -in

Noun

pijin

1. construct state of pij

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English pidgin, from pidgin English, from a Chinese Pidgin English pronunciation of English business during trade in the Far East. The English word business itself is from Middle English busines, busynes, businesse, bisynes, from Old English bisi?nes (“business, busyness”), equivalent to busy +? -ness. Doublet of peejnej.

Noun

pijin

1. pidgin

Stative verb

pijin

1. to be pidgin

References

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

English

Etymology

From pidgin English, from a Chinese Pidgin English pronunciation of English business during trade in the Far East.

All attestations of pidgin from the first half of the nineteenth century given in the third edition of the Oxford English Dictionary mean “business; an action, occupation, or affair” (the earliest being from 1807).

Other suggested derivations include:

• Hebrew ?????????? (pidyón, “exchange; trade; redemption”)
• Chinese pronunciation of Portuguese ocupação (“occupation; business”)
• South Seas pronunciation of beach
• Portuguese baixo (“low”)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?p?.d??n/
• (US) enPR: p?j??n, IPA^(key): /?p?.d??n/
• Rhymes: -?d??n, -?d??n
• Homophone: pigeon

Noun

pidgin (countable and uncountable, plural pidgins)

1. (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.
2. (archaic, idiomatic) A person's business, occupation, work, or trade (also spelt as pigeon)

Usage notes

• Some pidgins that have developed into creoles nevertheless (confusingly) retain the word "pidgin" in their names.

Synonyms

• baragouin

Derived terms

• West African Pidgin Portuguese
• pidginisation
• pidginise
• pidginization
• pidginize

Related terms

• pidgin English
• Pijin
• Tok Pisin

Translations

See also

• creole
• Creole

References

Further reading

• Pidgin English - English Dictionary: from Webster's Dictionary - the Rosetta Edition.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?i.d???n/

Noun

pidgin m inan

1. (linguistics) Alternative spelling of pid?yn.

Declension

Derived terms

• (adjective) pidginowy

Further reading

• pidgin in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• pidgin in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Noun

pidgin m (plural pidgins)

1. (linguistics) pidgin (amalgamation of two languages having no native speakers)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pidxin/, [?pið?.x?n]

Noun

pidgin m (plural pidgins or pidgin)

1. (linguistics) pidgin (amalgamation of two languages having no native speakers)