pidgin
Portuguese, noun/ˈpi.d͡ʒĩ/
pidgin is spelled P-I-D-G-I-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written Portuguese, the 123,299th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pidgin is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “pidgin (amalgamation of two languages having no native speakers)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ver pídgin”.
What does pidgin mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepidgin (amalgamation of two languages having no native speakers)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ver pídgin
noun: 1. língua auxiliar franca que se forma da interação entre grupos de falantes que têm idiomas diferentes, possuinte de repertório muito básico e elementar de palavras e sem falante nativo
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of pidgin
- pidgins plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pidgin?
- Brazil /ˈpi.d͡ʒĩ/
- Portugal /ˈpid.ʒin/
- Portugal [ˈpið.ʒin]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pidgin
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pidgin in Portuguese?
pidgin appears about once in every 17 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).