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Plural of patois

irregular plural

The plural of patois is patois, the same as the singular.

Forms of patois

Singularpatois /pæˈtwɑ/
Pluralpatois /pæˈtwɑ/
Countablecountable and uncountable

Meaning of patois

  1. noun A regional dialect (usually one considered nonstandard) of a language (especially French).
  2. noun Any of various French, Franco-Provençal or Occitan dialects spoken in France.
  3. noun Creole French in the Caribbean (especially in Dominica, St. Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago, and Haiti).

Full definition of patois

Plural the same as the singular

Questions about the plural of patois

What is the plural of patois?
The plural of patois is patois, the same as the singular.
Is patois countable?
Patois is a countable and uncountable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: patois (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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