Meaning

1 senses

  1. To convert or adapt into a pidgin language.

Examples

1 sentences

  1. French-Berber code switching could pidginize Berber and ultimately kill it.

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Origin

From pidgin + -ize.

From pidgin + -ize.

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Forms

pidginizes, pidginizing, pidginized, pidginized
Base formpidginize · to pidginize
3rd person singularpidginizes
Present participlepidginizing
Past simplepidginized
Past participlepidginized

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theypidginize
he, she, itpidginizes

Past simpleLesson

all personspidginized

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave pidginized
he, she, ithas pidginized

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill pidginize

Word family

2 related words
Relatedpidginization
Deriveddepidginize

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
pictureA1picturesqueB2pidginpieB1pieceA1
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