patois

Other forms of patois

plural

patoises·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about patois

What does patois mean?

patois means "a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in patois?

patois has 2 syllables: pat-ois. The stress falls on "ois". In IPA it is /ˌpæˈtwɑ/.

What is another word for patois?

Close synonyms include slang, cant, jargon, lingo, argot. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is patois a common word?

patois is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with patois?

1 word rhymes with patois. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.