a simple form of a language, especially English, Portuguese or Dutch, with a limited number of words, that are used together with words from a local language. It is used when people who do not speak the same language need to talk to each other.

a Creole language based on English, used in Papua New Guinea

a way of speaking a language that uses simple words and forms, used when a person does not speak the language well, or when talking to somebody who does not speak the language well

<i>I tried to get my message across in my pidgin Italian.</i>

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