LANGUAGE & CULTURE

Pidgin & Creole Dictionary

A dictionary of pidgins and creoles: Nigerian Pidgin (Naija), Cameroon Pidgin, Krio, Jamaican Patois, Haitian Creole and Tok Pisin, with Ghanaian Pidgin growing from speakers. Search a word or an English meaning, filter by kind of word, and see pronunciation, where a word comes from and short everyday examples with translations. Word of the day, a random word and a ten-question meaning quiz. Speakers can suggest words, which appear only after a reviewer has checked them. Word lists come from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and every entry links to its source.

Ready to try · A dictionary of pidgins and creoles: Nigerian Pidgin (Naija), Cameroon Pidgin, Krio, Jamaican Patois, Haitian Creole and Tok Pisin, with Ghanaian Pidgin growing from speakers. Search a word or an English meaning, filter by kind of word, and see pronunciation, where a word comes from and short everyday examples with translations. Word of the day, a random word and a ten-question meaning quiz. Speakers can suggest words, which appear only after a reviewer has checked them. Word lists come from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and every entry links to its source.