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depidginize

depidginize verb: of a pidgin language, to become the native language of a population.

Verb

depidginize (third-person singular simple present depidginizes, present participle depidginizing, simple past and past participle depidginized)

  1. (intransitive) Of a pidgin language, to become the native language of a population.

Forms of depidginize

third-person singular presentdepidginizes
present participledepidginizing
past participledepidginized
pastdepidginized

Origin of depidginize

From de- + pidginize.

Words formed from depidginize

Questions about depidginize

What does depidginize mean?
Depidginize means of a pidgin language, to become the native language of a population.
What part of speech is depidginize?
Depidginize is a verb.
What is the past tense of depidginize?
The past tense of depidginize is depidginized.

Words near depidginize in the dictionary

  1. depicturement
  2. depicturements
  3. depictures
  4. depicturing
  5. depidginization
  6. depidginize
  7. depidginized
  8. depidginizes
  9. depidginizing
  10. depiece
  11. depieced

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