how to pronounce patois

/ˈpæt.wɑː/

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patois is pronounced in two syllables

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meanings of patois

noun:

Jargon or cant.
A regional dialect of a language (especially French); usually considered substandard.
Creole French in the Caribbean (especially in Dominica, St. Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago and Haiti).
Any of various French or Occitan dialects spoken in France.
Jamaican Patois, a Jamaican creole language primarily based on English and African languages but also has influences from Spanish, Portuguese and Hindi.

patois frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word patois occurs in english on average 1.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.