patois

1. N-VAR A patois is a form of a language, especially French, that is spoken in a particular area of a country. (尤指法語的)方言

In France patois was spoken in rural, less developed regions. 在法國，欠發(fā)達(dá)的農(nóng)村地區(qū)說自己的方言。

2. N-VAR A patois is a language that has developed from a mixture of other languages. 混合語

A substantial proportion of the population speak a French-based patois. 此人群中很多人說一種以法語為基礎(chǔ)的混合語。