Pijin

English

WOTD – 7 July 2023

Etymology

Borrowed from Pijin Pijin, from English pidgin, from a Chinese Pidgin English pronunciation of business.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpɪd͡ʒ(ɪ)n/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Homophone: pidgin
• Rhymes: -ɪdʒɪn
• Hyphenation: Pi‧jin

Proper noun

Pijin

1. In full Solomon Islands Pijin, Solomon Pijin, or Solomons Pijin: a language spoken on the Solomon Islands, which is a form of Melanesian Pidgin.

Usage notes

Despite the literal meaning of the word pidgin, the language is considered by linguists to be a well developed creole, because a creole is the native language of a group of people whereas a pidgin has no native speakers.

Translations

language spoken on the Solomon Islands, which is a form of Melanesian Pidgin

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 皮京語／皮京语 (Píjīngyǔ)

• Finnish: pijin
• French: Pijin ?
• German: Pijin (de) n
• Italian: lingua pijin f
• Japanese: ピジン語 (ピジンご, Pijingo)
• Korean: 피진어 (pijineo)
• Macedonian: соломо́нски пи́џин m (solomónski pídžin)
• Pijin: Pijin
• Polish: neosalomoński m
• Portuguese: pijin, língua pijin f
• Russian: пиджин Соломоновых островов (pidžin Solomonovyx ostrovov), нео-соломоник m (neo-solomonik), соломонский пиджин (solomonskij pidžin)
• Spanish: pidgin salomonense m, neosalomonense ?
• Swedish: pijin ?
• Tok Pisin: pisin (tpi), Solomon Ailans Pijin, Tok Pisin bilong Solomon

See also

• Wiktionary's coverage of Pijin terms

Further reading

• Pijin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Ethnologue entry for Pijin, pis ⁠

Pijin

Etymology

From English pidgin, from a Chinese Pidgin English pronunciation of English business.

Proper noun

Pijin

1. Pijin language