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pidginize

pidginize verb: to convert or adapt into a pidgin language.

Verb

pidginize (third-person singular simple present pidginizes, present participle pidginizing, simple past and past participle pidginized)

  1. (transitive) To convert or adapt into a pidgin language.

Forms of pidginize

third-person singular presentpidginizes
present participlepidginizing
past participlepidginized
pastpidginized

Origin of pidginize

From pidgin + -ize.

Words formed from pidginize

Questions about pidginize

What does pidginize mean?
Pidginize means to convert or adapt into a pidgin language.
What part of speech is pidginize?
Pidginize is a verb.
What is the past tense of pidginize?
The past tense of pidginize is pidginized.

Words near pidginize in the dictionary

  1. pidginising
  2. pidginist
  3. pidginists
  4. pidginization
  5. pidginizations
  6. pidginize
  7. pidginized
  8. pidginizes
  9. pidginizing
  10. pidginogenic
  11. pidgins

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