Pidginize

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To convert or adapt into a pidgin language. transitive

Example

More examples

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

Etymology

From pidgin + -ize.

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