Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com
Showing results for pidginize. Search instead for pidginizes.

pidginize

American  
[pij-uh-nahyz] / ˈpɪdʒ əˌnaɪz /
especially British, pidginise

verb (used with object)

pidginized, pidginizing
  1. to develop (a language) into a pidgin.


Other Word Forms

Etymology

Origin of pidginize

First recorded in 1935–40; pidgin + -ize

Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Join 12,000,000 vocabulary learners

Start learning new words today on VocabTrainer.
You'll remember them forever.

Start training