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baragouin.

A pidgin.

9 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈbæɹəɡwæ̃/Received-Pronunciation/ˈbæɹəɡwæn/General-American/ˈbɛɹəɡwæn/General-American
  1. A pidgin.

    countable
  2. A pidgin. A pidgin spoken by French and First Nations people in the 17th century in the region of North America now called Montreal.

    historical · specifically · uncountable
  3. Unintelligible speech; gibberish, jargon.

    uncountable
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from French baragouin (“unintelligible speech or writing”).

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