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Is pidgin a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word pidgin is a Scrabble US word. The word pidgin is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

P3I1D2G2I1N1

Is pidgin a Scrabble UK word?

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P3I1D2G2I1N1

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6-letter words (1 found)

PIDGIN,

5-letter words (1 found)

PIING,

4-letter words (3 found)

DING,NIDI,PING,

3-letter words (11 found)

DIG,DIN,DIP,GID,GIN,GIP,ING,NID,NIP,PIG,PIN,

2-letter words (5 found)

DI,GI,ID,IN,PI,

You can make 21 words from pidgin according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of pidgin

pidgin

Etymology

From pidgin English, from a Chinese Pidgin English pronunciation of English business during trade in the Far East.

All attestations of pidgin from the first half of the nineteenth century given in the third edition of the Oxford English Dictionary mean “business; an action, occupation, or affair” (the earliest being from 1807).

Other suggested derivations include:

  • Hebrew פִּדְיוֹן (pidyón, exchange; trade; redemption)
  • Chinese pronunciation of Portuguese ocupação (occupation; business)
  • South Seas pronunciation of beach
  • Portuguese baixo (low)

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpɪ.d͡ʒɪn/
  • (US) enPR: pĭjʹən, IPA(key): /ˈpɪ.d͡ʒən/
  • Rhymes: -ɪd͡ʒən, -ɪd͡ʒɪn
  • Homophone: pigeon

Noun

pidgin (countable and uncountable, plural pidgins)

  1. (linguistics) An amalgamation of two disparate languages, used by two populations having no common language as a lingua franca to communicate with each other, lacking formalized grammar and having a small, utilitarian vocabulary and no native speakers.
    Synonym: baragouin
  2. (archaic, idiomatic) A person's business, occupation, work, or trade (also spelt as pigeon)

Usage notes

  • Some pidgins that have developed into creoles nevertheless (confusingly) retain the word "pidgin" in their names.

Derived terms

Related terms

  • pidgin English

Translations

See also

  • creole
  • Creole

References

Further reading

  • Pidgin English - English Dictionary: from Webster's Dictionary - the Rosetta Edition.

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from English pidgin, from Chinese Pidgin English pidgin, from English business.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈpid.ʒin]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [ˈpid.d͡ʒin]

Noun

pidgin m (plural pidgins)

  1. pidgin

Further reading

  • “pidgin” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English pidgin, from pidgin English, from a Chinese Pidgin English pronunciation of English business during trade in the Far East.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpi.d͡ʐɨn/
  • Rhymes: -id͡ʐɨn
  • Syllabification: pi‧dgin

Noun

pidgin m inan

  1. (linguistics) Alternative spelling of pidżyn

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • pidgin in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: pid‧gin

Noun

pidgin m (plural pidgins)

  1. (linguistics) pidgin (amalgamation of two languages having no native speakers)

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpidxin/ [ˈpið̞.xĩn]
  • Rhymes: -idxin
  • Syllabification: pid‧gin

Noun

pidgin m (plural pidgins or pidgin)

  1. (linguistics) pidgin (amalgamation of two languages having no native speakers)

Further reading

  • “pidgin”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Source: wiktionary.org