Pidginizes

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To transform or adapt a language, usually a native or standard form, into a simplified or mixed variant that serves as a common means of communication among speakers of different tongues; to create or use such a simplified contact language
2. The act of modifying a language to form a reduced, hybridized speech used for practical communication between groups without a shared language; to produce or employ this intermediary linguistic system
3. The process of converting a complex language into an abbreviated, amalgamated version that facilitates understanding between diverse speakers; the creation or use of a simplified linguistic code blending elements from multiple languages

Etymology: "Pidginizes" is the third-person singular form of "pidginize," which means to reduce a language to a simplified, mixed code for communication between speakers who share no common tongue. The verb is built from "pidgin," the word for that kind of simplified contact language, plus the suffix "-ize," which turns a noun into a verb meaning to make or treat something in a certain way. So a language that is "pidginized" has been reshaped into a pidgin. The base noun "pidgin" is a word whose own origins are debated, and the most widely cited theory traces it to Chinese speakers' attempts to pronounce English "business," a rendering that became the name for the trade jargon used in Chinese ports. The verb, however, is a plain formation from that noun, and its meaning follows directly from it: the process of turning speech into a pidgin.

Synonyms: simplifies, creolizes, transforms, adapts, modifies

Antonyms: complexifies, formalizes, standardizes, elaborates, refines