pidginとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

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”)

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈpɪ.d͡ʒɪn/
• (米国発音) enPR: pĭjʹən, IPA: /ˈpɪ.d͡ʒən/
• 韻: -ɪdʒən, -ɪdʒɪn
• Homophone: pigeon

名詞

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

   • 2019, Chigozie Obioma, An Orchestra of Minorities, Abacus (2019), page 79:

     ‘I didnʼt know you can speak pidgin,’ he said and laughed.

2. (archaic, idiomatic) A person's business, occupation, work, or trade (also spelt as pigeon).
   • 1950, Robert A. Heinlein, The Man Who Sold the Moon:

     Forget money. That's my pidgin.

   • 2015, Guy Cullingford, Post Mortem:

     It's up to the detective sergeant to ask his own questions, that's not my pidgin. But I did wonder if either of you gentlemen had an idea of the exact time of the shot.

使用する際の注意点

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

派生語

関連する語

• pidgin English

参考

• creole
• Creole

参照

Further reading

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